Stephanus Byzantinus
Stephanus or Stephan of Byzantium ( la, Stephanus Byzantinus; grc-gre, Στέφανος Βυζάντιος, ''Stéphanos Byzántios''; centuryAD), was a Byzantine grammarian and the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled ''Ethni ...
, who affords no clue to its position, but it has been supposed, on account of the resemblance of the name, to have occupied the site of
Avola
Avola (; scn, Àvula/, becoming / if preceded by vowel; la, Abola) is a city and in the province of Syracuse, Sicily (southern Italy).
History
The foundation of the city in an area previously inhabited by the Sicani and invaded by the Si ...
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Syracuse
Syracuse may refer to:
Places Italy
*Syracuse, Sicily, or spelled as ''Siracusa''
*Province of Syracuse
United States
*Syracuse, New York
**East Syracuse, New York
**North Syracuse, New York
*Syracuse, Indiana
* Syracuse, Kansas
*Syracuse, Miss ...
and Noto. A coin of this city has been published by (''Sicula'', pt. ii. tab. 20), but is of very uncertain authority. ( Eckhel, vol. i. p. 189 ; Castell., ''Sicil. Vet. Num.'' p. 4.)