Ten city-kingdoms of Cyprus

The ten city-kingdoms of Cyprus are listed in a 673–672 BC inscription attributed to Esarhaddon, who ruled the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 681 to 669 BC. These kingdoms were Greek, Greco-Phoenician, and Greco-Eteocypriot in origin.

Ten city-kingdoms of Cyprus
Δέκα πόλεις-βασίλεια της Κύπρου (Greek)
Ethnic groups
Greeks, Phoenicians, other Cypriot populations
Today part of Cyprus

List

Greek

  • Paphos, Πάφος
  • Salamis, Σαλαμίς
  • Soli, Σόλοι
  • Kourion, Κούριον
  • Chytri, Χῦτροι
  • Idalion, Ἰδάλιον
  • Ledra, Λῆδραι
  • Tamassos, Ταμασσός
  • Kyrenia, Κυρηνεία
  • Marion, Μάριον
  • Lapithos, Λάπηθος (Greek, but Greco-Phoenician for a short while)

Greco-Phoenician

  • Kition, Κίτιον

Greco-Eteocypriot

  • Amathus, Ἀμαθούς

See also

  • Timeline of Cypriot history

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