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The Greek city on the southeastern coast of the island of Sicily.
The city was first settled by colonists from the Greek city of Korinth (Corinth) circa 734 BCE; the city was a frequent battleground because of its strategic location and suffered invasion from the Carthaginians as well as other Greek nations; Syracuse was the birthplace the Greek mathematician, astronomer, physicist and renowned inventor, Arkhimedes (Archimedes).
Approximate east longitude 15.18 and north latitude 37.04.
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