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Antimachia (Ancient Greek: Ἀντιμαχία) was a town of ancient Greece on the island of Cos. Antimachia was the capital of the demoi of Aegelus and Archia.

Its site is located near modern Antimakheia.

References

  1. Plutarch, Greek Questions, Moralia § 58.
  2. W. R. Paton and E. L. Hicks The Inscriptions of Cos nr. 393 & 394; Ludwig Bürchner: Aigelos.(in German) In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Supplementband I, Stuttgart 1903, col. 35.
  3. Ludwig Bürchner: Archia.(in German) In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Supplementband I, Stuttgart 1903, col. 119.
  4. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  5. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

36°48′11″N 27°07′39″E / 36.8031°N 27.1275°E / 36.8031; 27.1275


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