- Ἅλαισα, Latin: Halaesa), also
known as
Halaesa Archonidea and also
spelled Alaesa or
Halesa was an
ancient city of
Magna Graecia in Sicily,
situated near...
- The
distances given in the
Tabula Peutingeriana,
however (12 M. P. from
Alaesa, and 30 M. P. from Cephaloedium),
coincide with the site of the
modern town...
- side is not
populous either, but
still it is
fairly well peopled; in fact,
Alaesa, Tyndaris, the
Emporium of the Aegestes, and Cephaloedis123 are all cities...
-
Strabo places it 30
Roman miles from Tyndaris, and the same
distance from
Alaesa. The
Itinerary gives 28 M. P. from
Tyndaris and 20 from Calacte:
while the...
