Sicani
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The Sicani or Sicanians were one of three ancient peoples of Sicily present at the time of Phoenician and Greek colonization. The Sicani dwelt east of the Elymians and west of the Sicels, having, according to Diodorus Siculus,[1] the boundary with the last in the ancient Himera river (Salso) after a series of battles between these tribes.
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Sicanian | |
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Sicana | |
Region | Sicily |
Extinct | approximately 300 BCE[citation needed] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | sxc |
sxc | |
Glottolog | sica1234 |
Approximate locations of the Sicani and their neighbors, the Elymians and the Sicels, in Sicily around 11th century BC (before the arrival of the Phoenicians and the Greeks). | |
Tribes of Hellenic Sicily |
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