Kition

Also known as Citium

Kition (Ancient Greek: , ; Latin: ; Egyptian: ; Phoenician: , , or , ;) was an ancient Phoenician and Greek city-kingdom on the southern coast of Cyprus (in present-day Larnaca), one of the ten city-kingdoms of Cyprus.

Key facts

Country.native_name: or
Country.conventional_long_name: Kition
Country.common_name: Kition
Country.era: Classical Antiquity
Country.government_type: Petty kingdom
Country.year_start: 12th century BC
Country.year_end: 342 AD
Country.image_map: Larnaka map.PNG
Country.image_map_caption: Location of Kition
Country.common_languages: Greek and Phoenician
Country.religion: Ancient Greek religion/Ancient Canaanite religion
Country.currency: Stater, obol

Article

14 sections

Contents

Name
History
The Kition archaeological sites
Kathari site (a.k.a. Area II)
Bamboula site
Other archaeological sites at Kition
The Mnemata Site
See also
References
Citations
Bibliography
Archaeological reports
Discussions
External links

==Name== The name of the city comes from the Phoenician (, pronounced Kitiya). This name was borrowed into Ancient Greek as () and thence into Latin as .