place
the Island
also: Insula, Ortygia
The fortified island citadel of Syracuse (Ortygia), holding the palace, granaries, and treasury, seized and walled off in the revolution.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 24 §21 the Island and the citadel
The fortified island citadel of Syracuse (Ortygia), holding the palace, granaries, and treasury, seized and walled off in the revolution.