Lychnidos
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J.J. Wilkes
Creators: J.J. Wilkes
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Enes Yılandiloğlu
Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Feb 18, 2026 08:51 PM
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History
Lychnidos (modern Ohrid, Macedonia) was an ancient city. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 and 1980 for both its cultural and natural heritage.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/481900
41.114619, 20.793813
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- Lychnidos part of (administrative) Macedonia (Roman province) (30 BC - AD 300)
- Lychnidos connection Via Egnatia (unspecified date range)
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None
settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 49 C2 Lychnidos
- ItAnt (Cuntz) 318,4 Licnido
- ItMiller 520
- Malch. Excerpt. p. 250, ed. Bonn
- Niceph. Callist. 17.3
- RE Lychnidus 1 (Max Fluss)
- Smith 1854 (Perseus) LYCHNIDUS
- TIR Naissus 81-82
- ToposText Lychnidos (FYRoM)
- WHL 99: Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region
- Wikipedia (English) Ohrid
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 49 C2 Lychnidos
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Ohrid MAC
J.J. Wilkes, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Lychnidos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/481900> [accessed: 15 October 2026]
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