The silting of the harbor of Salamis,…

676 CE

The silting of the harbor of Salamis, renamed Constantia in the fourth century, had led to a gradual decline of the town; it is finally abandoned during the Arab invasions of the seventh century after destructions by Muawiyah I.

The inhabitants move southwest to …

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Salamis > Constantia Cyprus View →

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