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Limnaea (Thessaly)

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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.

Its location is within the bounds of the modern town of Vlochos.

References

  1. Livy. Ab urbe condita Libri [History of Rome]. Vol. 36.13.
  2. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  3. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.

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


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