Motya was an ancient and powerful city on San Pantaleo Island off the west coast of Sicily, in the Stagnone Lagoon between Drepanum (modern Trapani) and Lilybaeum (modern Marsala).

Made by a Greek sculptor in Sicily about 460-450 BC, found in 1979 on the Sicilian island of Motya (Mozia), and displayed at the British Museum in 2012. The Motya (or Mozia) Charioteer is a marble statue dating from the ancient Greek Classical Period.

The siege of Motya took place in summer 398 BC in western Sicily. Dionysius, after securing peace with Carthage in 405 BC, had steadily increased his military power and had tightened his grip on Syracuse.

MOTYA (St. Pantateo) Trapani, Sicily. An ancient Punic city on a small island (ca. 45 ha) less than 1 km from the nearest point of Sicily (Spagnola), but 8 km from Marsala (Capo Boeo). Historical information is slight.

Apr 1, 2021 · The city of Motya was a rich Phoenician colony located on a small island off the western coast of Sicily. It was one of the most important towns in the Mediterranean when it was controlled by...

Mozia (Motya) is an ancient Phoenician colony founded in the 8th century. B.C. on one of the four islands of the Stagnone lagoon, what we know today as the island of San Pantaleo, facing the …

Isola San Pantaleo (or in colloquial Italian, Mozia) is best known as the location of the ancient city of Motya, a Punic center with close ties to Carthage that met abrupt destruction in 397 BCE when it was sacked by Syracusan Greeks at the end of the Siege of Motya.

Aug 13, 2020 · Motya: Phoenician city on an island in the west of Sicily, modern Mozia. The Phoenician town Motya, founded in the eighth century BCE as a commercial center, is situated on a small island in a lagoon on the most western part of Sicily.

Ancient Motya was a powerful Carthaginian city on San Pantaleo Island off the west coast of Sicily, in the Stagnone Lagoon between Drepanum (modern Trapani) and Lilybaeum (modern Marsala). It is within the present-day commune of Marsala, Italy.

The ancient town of Mothia (Punic Motya) was built on the small island in the middle of the lagoons, the Stagnone of Marsala. The only way to reach the site is by boat.