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39°37′35″N 21°37′16″E / 39.626515°N 21.620977°E / 39.626515; 21.620977

Map showing ancient Thessaly. Phaeca is shown to the centre left near Mount Cercetium.

Pialia (Ancient Greek: Πιαλία) or Pialeia (Πιάλεια) was a town of Histiaeotis in ancient Thessaly, at the foot of Mount Cercetium.

The location of Pialia is at a place called Skoumbos.

References

Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
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.
Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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

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