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 | | Founded by the Phoenicians, who named it Ziz, Palermo was settled in the eighth century BC as a port. |
 | | The Phoenicians' descendants and successors, the Carthaginians, made Panormos a center of commerce, and it was their base port, in 480 BC, for the navy that was defeated in the Battle of Himera. |
 | | The Punic Wars followed, and the city was part of the Roman Empire from 253 BC. |
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