Limnaea (Thessaly)

39°30′37″N 22°05′17″E / 39.51028°N 22.08803°E / 39.51028; 22.08803 Limnaea or Limnaia (Ancient Greek: Λιμναία) or Limnaeum or Limnaion (Λιμναίον) was a town of Histiaeotis in ancient Thessaly, taken by the Romans in 191 BCE.[1]

Its location is within the bounds of the modern town of Vlochos.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Livy. Ab urbe condita Libri [History of Rome]. Vol. 36.13.
  2. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  3. ^ Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

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


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