Possible Clues:

• Carthage rival
• Erie Canal town in New York
• Rome ally, once
• Neighbor of Syracuse
• A city in central New York
• New York birthplace of Annette Funicello
• New York city providing regular features to sustain chap
• City 15 miles SE of Rome
• Ancient city north-west of Carthage
• New York city named for a Phoenician colony