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Messina

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City of north-eastern Sicily that gave its name to the straight between Italy and Sicily (area 1).
The original name of the city was Zancle. Founded by pirates from Cumæ (a Greek settlement in Italy, in the Naples area), it was successively taken over by new settlers coming from Euboea, then from Samos and Ionia, and eventually by Messenians having fled their country in Peloponnese and first settled in Reggio, who changed its name to that of their former city, Messene (see Thucydides, VI, 4, 5 ; the Greek names of both cities was the same, but have evolved differently through Latin, Italian and English translations).

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First published January 4, 1998 - Last updated December 5, 1998
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