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 Ptolemy I (Soter) of Egypt near there. The city was visited later by SS {{link=Paul, Saint">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.