Iamphorina

Iamphorina or Iamphorynna was the capital of the Maedi, a Thracian tribe in ancient Macedonia. Stephanus of Byzantium, citing Diodorus, has the name as Phorunna or Phorounna (Ancient Greek: Φόρουννα).[1][2] It was taken by Philip V of Macedon in 211 BCE.[3] Writing in the 19th century, William Martin Leake placed it at Ivorina (Vrania), in the upper valley of the Morava River.[4] Although, per modern scholars it is unlocated,[2] per Aleksandar Fol it was located near the village of Dragovishtitsa, Kyustendil Province, whose old name was Yamborano.[5]

References

  1. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  2. ^ a b Walbank, F. W. (1940). Philip V of Macedon. Cambridge: The Cambridge University Press. p. 86.
  3. ^ Livy. Ab urbe condita Libri [History of Rome]. Vol. 26.25.
  4. ^ William Martin Leake, Northern Greece, vol. iii. p. 473.
  5. ^ Александър Фол, Историческа география на тракийските племена до III в. пр. н. е. Том 1, Част 1, 1983, Българска академия на науките, стр. 119.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Iamphorina". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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