Agrigento (
Sicilian:
Girgenti) is a city on the southern coast of
Sicily, Italy, and capital of the
province of Agrigento. It is renowned as the site of the ancient Greek city of
Akragas (also known as
Acragas (Ἀκράγας) in Greek,
Agrigentum in
Latin and
Kirkent or
Jirjent in
Arabic), one of the leading cities of
Magna Graecia during the
golden age of
Ancient Greece with population estimates in the range 200,000 - 800,000 before 406 BC.