Leon, Italy

Leon, Italy

Leon (Greek:: polytonic|Λέων) was an ancient city on the east coast of Sicily, near Syracuse, where both the Athenians and Romans landed when they were going to attack that city. (Thuc. vi. 97; Liv. xxiv. 39.)

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