Ancient History Competition 39

constantinakatsari October 18, 2010 Ancient History Competition

Philippi, Alexandria, Laodicea. All of these cities were named after prominent Macedonians. Do you know a city that was named after a much earlier Athenian?

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Economic historian and numismatic consultant

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4 Comments

  1. Yannis Stoyas October 18, 2010, 8:02 pm Reply

    Ancient or modern city?
    A wild guess:
    Solon in Ohio!

  2. constantinakatsari October 19, 2010, 8:54 am Reply

    You are very close but we are looking for an ancient city.

  3. Yannis Stoyas October 19, 2010, 4:29 pm Reply

    Soloi in Cyprus.

  4. constantinakatsari October 21, 2010, 8:56 am Reply

    Exactly!

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