Alonis

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Alonis ( ancient Greek : Ἀλωνίς) was an ancient city on the Costa Blanca , founded in the 5th century BC. Was founded as a Greek colony from Massalia . In Roman times it belonged to the province of Hispania citerior or Hispania Tarraconensis . Today's Villajoyosa in the province of Alicante is assumed to be a contemporary location .

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Pomponius Mela , De chorographia 2, 93.
Claudius Ptolemy , Geographike Hyphegesis 2, 6, 14.
Stephanos of Byzantium , Ethnika , s. Alonis .

literature

Emil Huebner : Alonis. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 1595.
Antonio Espinosa Ruiz: Sobre el nombre de la ciudad ibérica y romana de Villajoyosa y la ubicación del topónimo Alonís / Alonai / Allón. In: Lucentum. Anales de la Universidad de Alicante 25, 2006, pp. 223-248.