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the city in the fifth century BC. The characters used on the tablets are Greek, but the language spoken by Elimi was
Annellenic. Seven of them contained decrees of the city of Entella. The date of the tablets is not certain; but they seem to belong either to the late 4th century or the middle of the 3rd century BC.
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An approximately 2800 m long wall protected the north side, most easily accessible from the valley and from the branch of the Belice river (ancient
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Entella; the city appears to have still remained in the hands of the Campanians, but was now hostile to the Carthaginians, who (in 345 BC) in consequence ravaged its territory, and blockaded the city itself. Soon after we find the latter apparently in their hands, but it was
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is attested from the 5th to the 3rd century BC in the sanctuary outside the walls. Most of the tombs in the necropolis "A" date back to the
Hellenistic age, as shown by the type of burial and the pottery and the famous inscriptions on bronze tablets with the decrees of the cities of Entella and
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during the war, having been admitted into the city on friendly terms, turned their arms against the inhabitants, put all the male citizens to the sword, and made themselves masters of the place, of which they retained possession for many years. During the subsequent wars of
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praises the inhabitants for their industry in its cultivation. It later, like most of the cities of Sicily, suffered severely from the exactions of
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were the only two cities of the Elymi, and does not notice
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colony. According to some writers it was founded by
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567:iii. 4. 3.
479:The Aeneid
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365:References
346:ΕΝΤΕΛΛΙΝΩΝ
272:North gate
207:municipium
150:Thucydides
36:13°07′19″E
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1197:Selinunte
912:Abacaenum
884:Centuripe
624:cite book
315:The agora
306:The walls
264:The Agora
190:Syracusan
182:Dionysius
173:Campanian
1212:Temple F
1207:Temple E
1202:Temple C
1172:Halyciae
1167:Drepanum
1048:Casmenae
1013:Kamarina
1003:Akrillai
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418:cite web
358:ΚΑΜΠΑΝΩΝ
352:ΕΝΤΕΛΛΑΣ
256:The Site
238:Saracens
195:Timoleon
169:Diodorus
164:origin.
162:Siculian
138:Entellus
110:Sicanian
1192:Segesta
1135:Thapsos
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482:v. 387.
464:Servius
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295:Demeter
278:Fazello
231:Ptolemy
146:Segesta
122:Acestes
104:History
85:Ἔντελλα
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90:Sicily
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508:s. v.
327:Finds
321:oikos
248:near
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