Sarapion
This article is about the historic city, for the modern city see Mogadishu.
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| Location | Somalia |
| City-state existed: | 1st century BC |
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Sarapion (Ancient Greek: Σαράπιον, also spelled Serapion), was an ancient port city in present-day Somalia. It was situated on a site that later became Mogadishu.
History
Main articles: Maritime history of Somalia and Somali aristocratic and court titles
Sarapion was briefly mentioned in Ptolemy's Geographia as one of the harbours a trader would encounter after sailing in a southernly direction 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.[1][2]
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