Salamis
Ancient city · Cyprus
- Abandoned
- 117
- Founded
- 1100 BC
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 35.183, 33.900
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: древний город на восточном побережье Кипра
History
Salamis was an ancient Greek city-state on the east coast of Cyprus, at the mouth of the river Pedieos, 6 km (3.7 mi) north of modern Famagusta. According to tradition, the founder of Salamis was Teucer, son of Telamon, king of the Greek island of Salamis, who could not return home after the Trojan War because he had failed to avenge his brother Ajax.