 {| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" style="float: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; width: 250px; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" |- | colspan="2" style="margin-left: inherit; background:#deb887; text-align:center; font-size: medium;" |ancientopone |- align="center" | colspan="2" | 250px|. |- style="vertical-align: top;" | location | hafun, somalia |- style="vertical-align: top;" | city-state existed: | 1st millennium bc - 500 ad |- style="vertical-align: top;" |- align="center" | colspan="2" | |- style="vertical-align: top;" <!--| colspan=2 |  --> |} opone () was an ancient somali city situated in the horn of africa. it is primarily known for its trade with the ancient egyptians, romans, greeks, persians, and the states of ancient india. through archaeological remains, the historic port has been identified with the city of hafun on the hafun peninsula in modern-day northeastern somalia.the indian ocean in antiquity by julian reade pg 449 ==history and trade==  pottery found in oponean tombs date back to the mycenaean kingdom of greece that flourished between the 16th and 11th century bc.an archaeological reconnaissance of the horn: the british-somali expedition 1975, neville chittick pg 133 its major periods of activity were during the 1st century bc and the 3rd to the 5th centuries ad. opone was mentioned by an anonymous greek merchant in the 1st century ce periplus of the erythraean sea. the town is featured in the ancient document's thirteenth entry, which in part states: {{cquote|and then, after sailing four hundred stadia along a promontory, toward which place the current also draws you, there is another market-town called opone, into which the same things are imported as those already mentioned, and in it the greatest quantity of cinnamon is produced, (the arebo and moto), and slaves of the better sort, which are br
African_civilizations Ancient_Somalia City-states History_of_Somalia Maritime_history_of_Somalia