Alsion

a Pleiades name resource

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Toponym used by Strabo.

Romanized Name(s):
Alsion

Name as attested:

Ἄλσιον

Language:
Greek (ancient)

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300) (confident)

References:

Evidence:

Str. (Meineke: Perseus) 5.2.8

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details: