SALAMIS


Meaning of SALAMIS in English

n.

Ancient city, Cyprus.

Located on Cyprus's eastern coast, it had an active trade with Phoenicia , Egypt , and Cilicia . According to tradition, it was founded by Teucer, a hero of the Trojan War . A major Hellenic centre during the struggles between Greece and Persia, it was the scene of a Greek naval victory in 449 BC; in 306 BC the Macedonian king Demetrius I (Poliorcetes) defeated Ptolemy I (Soter) of Egypt near there. The city was visited later by SS Paul and Barnabas. It was known as Constantia after the Byzantine emperor Constantius II rebuilt it (AD 337–61). It was abandoned after its destruction by the Arabs in 647–48.

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