Cercinium
39°37′27″N 22°41′07″E / 39.6241°N 22.68522°E Cercinium or Kerkineion (Ancient Greek: Κερκινείον) or Kerkinion (Κερκινέον)[1] was a town in Magnesia, in ancient Thessaly, near the Lake Boebeis.[2]
The site of Cercinium is located at a place called Ano Amygdali.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 689. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
- ^ Livy. Ab urbe condita Libri [History of Rome]. Vol. 31.41.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ 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 domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Cercinium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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