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Sardinia

(973 words)

Author(s): Meloni, Piero (Cagliari) | Meloni
(Σαρδώ/ Sardṓ, Σαρδών/ Sardṓn, Σαρδωνία/ Sardōnía), the island of Sardinia. [German version] I. Name S. is called Sandaliotis in Myrsilus (Timaeus FGrH 566 F 63), Ichnousa in Timaeus (Myrsilus FGrH 477 F 11; from τὸ σάνδαλον/ sándalon, 'shoe sole'; Ichnusa from τὸ ἴχνος/ tò íchnos, 'footprint'; with regard to the confusion of authors in Plin. HN 3,85 cf. F. Jacoby in comm. on FGrH; cf. Aristot. Mir. 100; Sall. Hist. fr. 2,2; Paus. 10,17,2). Meloni, Piero (Cagliari) [German version] II. Geography At 23,800 km2, the second biggest island in the Mediterranean (Mare Nostrum; th…

Sossinati

(63 words)

Author(s): Meloni, Piero (Cagliari)
[German version] (Σοσσινάτοι; Sossinátoi). Mountain people in Sardinia, who at the time of Strabo (5,2,7) lived, like the neighbouring Parati, Balari (cf. Liv. 41,6,6; 12,5; Plin.  HN 3,85; Paus. 10,17,5) and Aconites, at a low cultural level, i.e. in rock caves, and only partly from agriculture but mainly from raids into neighbouring regions. Meloni, Piero (Cagliari) Bibliography P. Meloni, Sardegna romana, 1990, 312 f.

Ilienses

(129 words)

Author(s): Meloni, Piero (Cagliari)
[German version] Ancient (Mela 2,123) Sardinian tribe; besides the Corsi, the only one not subjugated by Rome (Paus. 10,17,8f.). Pliny (HN 3,85) names three non-urbanized peoples under the heading provinciae, among them the I. Livy recalls the victorious campaigns of 181 BC (Liv. 40,34,12ff.) and 178-176 (Liv. 41,6,5ff.; 12,4ff.). The location of their settlements is doubtful - possibly from Marghine in the north (cf. the inscriptions on the nuraghes of Aidu Entos Ili( ensium) iur(a)) to Ogliastra in the south (Flor. Epit. 1,22,35, mention of I. in connection with the montes Insani lo…

Nora

(375 words)

Author(s): Niemeyer, Hans Georg (Hamburg) | Meloni, Piero (Cagliari) | Strobel, Karl (Klagenfurt)
[German version] [1] Town on the Capo di Pula on the south coast of Sardinia This item can be found on the following maps: Sardinia et Corsica | Theatre | Colonization | Phoenicians, Poeni (Νώρα; Nṓra). Town on the Capo di Pula on the south coast of Sardinia, approx. 20 km south of Cagliari. N. is regarded as the oldest town on the island (Paus. 10,17,5; Solin. 4,1; on its location cf. Itin. Anton. 85,2f.; Tab. Peut. 4,1). After a pre-colonial phase (cf. Phoenician inscriptions CIS I 144 c. 800 BC; [1. 1]), N. was founded by the Phoenicians in the mid 7th cent. BC. The Phoenician …

Olbia

(1,082 words)

Author(s): von Bredow, Iris (Bietigheim-Bissingen) | Zimmermann, Martin (Tübingen) | Lafond, Yves (Bochum) | Olshausen, Eckart (Stuttgart) | Meloni, Piero (Cagliari) | Et al.
(Ὀλβία/ Olbίa). [German version] [1] Milesian colony This item can be found on the following maps: Pontos Euxeinos | Scythae | Thraci, Thracia | Wine | Commerce | Hellenistic states | Colonization | Apollo | Patricius | Patricius | Rome | Rome Milesian colony (Colonisation) south of modern Parutino (Ukraine) at the confluence of the Hypanis and Borysthenes (Ps.-Scymn. 808f.), and for that reason also known as Borysthenes (Βορυσθένης; Hdt. 4,24; 78); founded at the beginning of the 6th cent. BC (Hdt. 4,18,5: Ὀλβιοπολῖται; Ps.-Skymn. 813f…