A Greek colonial city founded by Naxians in 729 B.C., Leontini was reduced by Hippocrates of Gela in 498 B.C. Following the Sicilian Expedition, the city became subject to Syracuse. In Roman times, it may have been of little importance and was destroyed by the Saracens in A.D. 848.
Description via Pleiades. Coordinates and heritage data from the Atika atlas.
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