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- adjective Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the
Sicani - noun The
language of theSicani
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Examples
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On their voyage they took Hyccara, a city on the sea-shore which, although of Sicanian origin, was hostile to the Egestaeans. 56 They reduced the inhabitants to slavery, and handed the place over to the Egestaeans, whose cavalry had now joined them.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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On their way they took Hyccara, a petty Sicanian seaport, nevertheless at war with Egesta, and making slaves of the inhabitants gave up the town to the Egestaeans, some of whose horse had joined them; after which the army proceeded through the territory of the Sicels until it reached Catana, while the fleet sailed along the coast with the slaves on board.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005
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There is an ancient land of mine bordering the Tuscan river, stretching far westward beyond the Sicanian borders.
The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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In the early neolithic period in Sicily, called by Orsi the Sicanian Period, rock-hewn tombs seem not to have been used.
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On their way they took Hyccara, a petty Sicanian seaport, nevertheless at war with Egesta, and making slaves of the inhabitants gave up the town to the Egestaeans, some of whose horse had joined them; after which the army proceeded through the territory of the Sicels until it reached Catana, while the fleet sailed along the coast with the slaves on board.
The History of the Peloponnesian War 455? BC-395 BC Thucydides 1866
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3 On their way they took Hyccara, a petty Sicanian seaport nevertheless at war with Egesta, and making slaves of the inhabitants gave up the city to the Egestaeans, some of whose horse had joined them; after which the army proceeded through the territory of the Sicels until it reached Catana, while the fleet sailed along the coast with the slaves on board.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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3 On their way they took Hyccara, a petty Sicanian seaport nevertheless at war with Egesta, and making slaves of the inhabitants gave up the city to the Egestaeans, some of whose horse had joined them; after which the army proceeded through the territory of the Sicels until it reached Catana, while the fleet sailed along the coast with the slaves on board.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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