Messina

Title

ita Messina

lat Mamertina

lat Messana

grc Μεσσήνη

grc Ζάγκλη

grc Zancle

Description

eng Zancle was founded as Greek colony in the eighth century B.C. Home of the Mamertines who called for Roman assistance against Carthaginian forces in 264 B.C., sparking the First Punic War.

Identifier

Pleiades - 462538

Trismegistos - 3578

Geonames - 2524170