Demetrias (Magnesian)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin
Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin
Contributors:
DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, G. Reger, R. Talbert
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History
This ancient city, located near modern Volos in Thessaly, was founded by Demetrios Poliorketes in the third century BCE and abandoned in the 6th century CE. Continuous human activity in the area can be traced back at least as early as the Neolithic.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/540730
39.343481, 22.924029
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- Demetrias (Magnesian) part of (administrative) Macedonia (Hellenistic kingdom) (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Demetrias (Magnesian) part of (regional) Magnesia (region) (550 BC - 30 BC)
- Pagasai sympoliteia Demetrias (Magnesian) (unspecified date range)
settlement
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 55 D2 Demetrias
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Volos
J. Fossey, J. Morin, DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, G. Reger, and R. Talbert, 'Demetrias (Magnesian): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/540730> [accessed: 24 April 2024]
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