Editing Nicosia (section)

===Ancient Nicosia===
By 330 BC, Ledra was recorded to be a small unimportant town.<ref>World and its Peoples: Greece and the Eastern Balkans. Marshall Cavendish, 2010.</ref> It is thought that the settlement was economically and politically dependent on the nearby town of [[Chytri]].{{sfnp|Michaelides & al.|2012|p=52}} The main activity of the town inhabitants was farming. During this era, Ledra did not have the huge growth that the other Cypriot coastal towns had, which was primarily based on trade.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nicosia.org.cy/english/lefkosia_istoria_lidras.shtm |title=Nicosia Municipality |publisher=Nicosia.org.cy |access-date=10 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307153813/http://www.nicosia.org.cy/english/lefkosia_istoria_lidras.shtm |archive-date=7 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Some sources record that it was restored and improved by Leucos, son of [[Ptolemy I Soter]] of [[Ptolemaid Egypt|Egypt]] around {{nowrap|280 BC,}}<ref>{{citation |last= |first= |contribution=[[:s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Nicosia (Cyprus)|Nicosia]] |title=[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]] |edition=11th |volume= |page= |date=1911 |editor=Hugh Chisholm |display-editors=0 |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. |location=New York }}.</ref><ref name=sternburg>{{citation |last=Sternberg |first=C. |title=North Cyprus Pocket Guide |publisher=Rüstem Bookshop |location= |year=2006|isbn=9789944968034 |page=29 }}.</ref> although [[Sir George Hill|Hill]] considered this an early modern "fancy" based solely on pseudoetymological speculations.{{sfnp|Hill|1939|p=379}}

In the 4th century, the town was the seat of a bishopric under the name Ledron, Leuteon, or Leucotheon. Its bishop [[Saint Tryphillius|St Tryphillius]] was a student of [[Saint Spyridon|St Spyridon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://saintsoftheday108.blogspot.com/2011/06/june-13-saint-tryphillius-trifillios-of.html |title=Saint Tryphillius |publisher=Saintsoftheday108.blogspot.com |access-date=10 March 2012}}</ref> Archaeological evidence indicates that the town regained much of its earlier significance in the early Christian period,<ref name="which is abut 58 secs long demetrios4">{{cite book |last1=Michaelides|first1=Demetrios|last2=Pilides|first2=Despina|editor1-last=Michaelides |editor1-first=D. |title=Historic Nicosia |date=2012 |publisher=Rimal Publications |location=Nicosia |pages=4–8|chapter=Nicosia from the Beginnings to the Roman Ledroi}}</ref> and the presence of two or three [[basilica]]s with ''[[opus sectile]]'' decorations, along with marbles decorated with high relief indicate the presence of a relatively prosperous and sophisticated Christian society.<ref>Demetrios and Pallides, p. 59.</ref>