Messene

:Messene was the name of a Greek colony in Sicily, initially founded as Zancle and nowadays known as Messina. There is also a Messene in Angola and Bab Messene in Tunisia.

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Messene (Greek: ??????? Mess?n? or Mess?n? ) was an ancient Greek city, the capital of Messenia (until the modern prefecture was created). It was founded by Epaminondas in 369 BC, after the battle of Leuctra and the first Theban invasion of the Peloponnese. Today an archaeological site of the ancient city remains, and the modern town has some 10 000 inhabitants.

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Sicily: Sicily (Sicilia in Italian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 sq. km and 5 million inhabitants....

Messina: Messina (, Sicilian: Missina) is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, Italy, and the capital of the province of Messina. It has a population of c. 240,000 inhabitants in the city proper and about 500,000 in the metropolitan area. It is located near the North-East corner of Sicily, at the...

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