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Homolion or Homolium was a polis of ancient Magnesia located in ancient Thessaly. Homolion was situated at the foot of Mount Homole near the edge of the vale of Tempe.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/540819

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
39.892051, 22.6540015

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 93 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 12786 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Homolion (750 BC - AD 640)

Homolion makes connections with:

Homolion part of (regional) Magnesia (region) (550 BC - 30 BC)

Homolion receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 55 D1 Homolion

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Lapsokhorion

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Suggested citation:
J. Fossey, J. Morin, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, G. Reger, and Tom Elliott, 'Homolion: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/540819> [accessed: 13 June 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/540819 |title=Places: 540819 (Homolion) |author=Fossey, J., J. Morin |accessdate=June 13, 2025 4:05 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}