🏛️ Agrigentum-Lilybaeum
Overlapping Hellenistic and Roman settlements in western Sicily
📌 Fast Facts
- Located near modern Marsala in northwestern Sicily, Italy
- Comprises two distinct ancient cities with overlapping occupation periods
- Agrigentum founded as a Geloan colony circa 580 BCE; Lilybaeum established by Carthage circa 396 BCE
- Site strategically positioned on the Tyrrhenian coast controlling maritime trade routes
Agrigentum-Lilybaeum represents a palimpsest of Sicilian antiquity, where Greek colonial settlement and Carthaginian-Roman urban development coexist archaeologically. The ...