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Messana's District of
Zancle Harbor
[CityBuilder: Decius Aemilius]
The original name of the city of Messana was Zancle, because the city's natural harbor was shaped like a scythe. Founded by pirates from Cumae, it was successively taken over by new settlers coming from Euboea, then from Samos and Ionia, and eventually by Messenians having fled their country.
The stairs leading to the harbor are to this day called Scaletta Zanclea, suggesting the name Zancle continued as an identifier for the harbor long after the name of the city itself changed. In Roman times the harbor contained an important lighthouse.
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