Sarapion
Ancient port town in modern Somalia
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Sarapion (Ancient Greek: Σαράπιον, also spelled Serapion) was an ancient port city located in the Horn of Africa.[3]
| Ancient Sarapion | |
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| Location | Mogadishu, Somalia |
| City-state existed: | 1st century AD[1][2] |
History
It was situated on a site that later became Mogadishu. Sarapion was briefly mentioned in Ptolemy's Geographia as one of the harbours a trader would encounter after sailing southernly on the Indian Ocean, passing along the way by the Market of Spices (Damo) and the emporium of Opone. The town is believed by modern scholars to have been positioned in the vicinity of Mogadishu and Warsheikh in present-day south-central Somalia.[4][5]
