Ἀδρανόν / Ἀδρανός | |
 Adranon panorama with Etna | |
  Shown within Italy | |
| Location | Province of Catania |
|---|---|
| Region | Sicily |
| Coordinates | 37°40′N 14°50′E / 37.667°N 14.833°E |
| Type | Human settlement |
| History | |
| Founded | Neolithic, Greek colonization |
| Site notes | |
| Website | regione.sicilia.it (Museo di Adranon) |
Adranon (Ancient Greek: Ἀδρανόν)[1] or Adranos (Ancient Greek: Ἀδρανός),[2] present day Adrano, was an ancient polis[3] of Magna Graecia on the southwestern slopes of Mount Etna, near Simeto River.
It was known for the "simetite" variety of amber.[4]
The ancient city was founded by the ancient Greek ruler Dionysius I of Syracuse around 400 BC[5] upon a pre-Hellenic neolithic settlement, near a temple dedicated to the god Adranus, worshiped throughout Sicily. Adranus was associated with volcanoes and equated eventually with Hephaestus.[6] The city was conquered by Timoleon at 343-342 BC[7] and subjugated to Rome in 263 BC.[8] Romans declared it a civitas stipendiaria (city that had to pay tribute to Rome).[9]
- ^ A28.1 Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, § A28.1
- ^ Aelian, Characteristics of Animals, §11.20
- ^ Antonius Westerman, ed. (1839). Paradoxographi scriptores rerum mirabilium Graeci. Londini: Apud Black et Armstrong. p. 178.
- ^ "Simeto River, Catania, Sicily, Italy". January 26, 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ Manganaro, Giacomo (Sant' Agata li Battiata). "Adranum (Hadranum)." Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider. Brill Online, 2016. Reference. 1 April 2016 <http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/adranum-hadranum-e103860> First appeared online: 2006
- ^ Leighton, Robert (1999). Sicily Before History. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-8014-8585-5.
- ^ Berger, Shlomo (1992). Revolution and Society in Greek Sicily and Southern Italy. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag. p. 78. ISBN 978-3-515-05959-6.
- ^ Stillwell, Richard; et al., eds. (1976). "Adranon". The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
- ^ Plin. 3,91.