Detailed Instructions: In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.
Q: It was damaged by earthquakes in the 16th and 17th century, and by Operation Husky. It was home to Ibn Hamdis, who was born there during a period of Muslim occupation. Under the leadership of Gelo and later, Hieron, arts flourished, and his theater attracted the "tenth muse" and a tragedian who wrote The Women of Aetna in his honor. A colony of Corinth, it waged war with Carthage, only to ally with Carthage against Rome in the Second Punic War. It withstood a Roman siege due, in part, to an inhabitant's Claw, who was killed when the city was finally taken. For 10 points, name this city, where Sappho lived in exile, and home to Archimedes, located on the island of Sicily.
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History