Ascalon
The word Ascalon comes from the ancient city of "Ashkelon", destroyed in 1270, and now the archaeological site of Tel Ashkelon. It can also refer to:
Places
- Ascalon, Ontario, Canada, an unincorporated place and former railway point
- Ascalon, Georgia, United States, an unincorporated community
- Ascalon, Missouri, United States, an unincorporated community
In history and legend
- Battle of Ascalon, considered the last action of the First Crusade
- Siege of Ascalon, the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem's capturing of the fortified city from the Fatimids in 1153
- Ascalon, lance or sword used by Saint George to slay the dragon, named after the city Ashkelon in Israel.
- Ascalon, British World War II aeroplane used by Winston Churchill, named after the lance—an Avro York
Popular culture
- Ascalon, a Kingdom and Region in the computer game series Guild Wars and its sequel Guild Wars 2
- Ascalon, a powerful sword in the game Dragon's Dogma
- Ascalon, a post-game greatsword in the game Infinite Undiscovery
- Ascalon, a holy sword wielded by King Thordan in the Heavensward expansion of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
- Ascalon, a sword of Galvan technology wielded by Georgius in Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
- Ascalon, a dragon-slaying sword that appears in the Castlevania Series.
- Ascalon, a holy sword given to Issei Hyoudou by the Arch Angel Michael in High School DxD
- Ascalon, the Class Champion weapon for Swordmaster in the game Granblue Fantasy
- Ascalon, the large sword wielded by Acqua of the Back in A Certain Magical Index
- Ascalon, a sword created by the Witch of Inysca, also known as Kalyba, in The Priory of the Orange Tree
- The Ascalon club, group of elite vampires ruling over night London in Vampyr
- Asclalon, the Noble Phantasm of Rider-Class Servant Georgios in the mobile game Fate/Grand Order
- Askelon, a Demi-god, prince and Companion of Tempus Thales in the Thieves' World collaborative short story series originated by Robert Lynn Asprin
- Ascalon, a program designed to kill the artificial intelligence Dragon from the web serial Worm by John C. McCrae
Surname
- Brad Ascalon (born 1977), American industrial designer
- David Ascalon (born 1975), Israeli artist
- Maurice Ascalon (1913–2003), Israeli designer and sculptor
Other uses
- Autoloaded and SCALable Outperforming guN (ASCALON), a 140mm tank gun developed by KMW+Nexter Defense Systems
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