Ten city-kingdoms of Cyprus

Ten city-kingdoms of Cyprus
Δέκα πόλεις-βασίλεια της Κύπρου (Greek)
Ten city-kingdoms of Cyprus Δέκα πόλεις-βασίλεια της Κύπρου (Greek)
Ethnic groups	Greeks, Phoenicians, other Cypriot populations
Today part 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 BC to 669 BC. These kingdoms were Greek, Greco-Phoenician, and Greco-Eteocypriot in origin.^[1]

List

Greek

Paphos, Πάφος
Salamis, Σαλαμίς
Soloi, Σόλοι
Kourion, Κούριον
Chytroi, Χῦτροι
Idalion, Ἰδάλιον
Ledrai, Λῆδραι
Tamassos, Ταμασσός
Kyrenia, Κυρηνεία
Marion, Μάριον
Lapethos, Λάπηθος (Greek, but Greco-Phoenician for a short while)

Greco-Phoenician

Kition, Κίτιον

Greco-Eteocypriot

Amathus, Ἀμαθούς

References

^ Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge 1880, “The history of Esarhaddon (son of Sennacherib) king of Assyria” (The Names of the Twenty-two Kings, p. 104-108)

[1] Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge 1880, “The history of Esarhaddon (son of Sennacherib) king of Assyria” (The Names of the Twenty-two Kings, p. 104-108)

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List

Greek

Greco-Phoenician

Greco-Eteocypriot

See also

References