Palermo’s
origins date back to
the period between the
8th and the 6th century
B.C., when the Phoenicians
colonized the area that
was previously inhabited
by Sicans, Cretans and
the Elimi.
After being contested
for a long period between
Rome and Carthage during
the Punic wars, the
city of Paleopolis was
placed under Roman rule
(254 B.C.).
After several attacks
by various barbaric
populations, the city
then became a part of
the Byzantine Empire,
which governed it for
about three centuries,
until 831.
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