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Sexi (Phoenician colony)
36.7333° N, -3.6833° E
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Sexi (Punic: 𐤑𐤊𐤑, ṢKṢ), also known as Ex, was a Phoenician colony at the present-day site of Almuñécar on southeastern Spain's Mediterranean coast. The Roman name for the place was Sexi Firmum Iulium. Alternative transcriptions of the Phoenician name of the city in Latin include Secks, Seks, Sex, Eks, Seksi and Sexsi.
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3rd–2nd centuries BC
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