Abolla (Sicily)
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Abolla ( grc, Ἄβολλα),Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, § A7.16
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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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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.)


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* Classical geography Ancient cities in Sicily {{coord, 36.909900, N, 15.134300, E, display=inline,title