Magnesia (region)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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A coastal region of Thessaly, including the long, narrow peninsula stretching into the Aegean on the southeast. Magnesia gives its name to the modern Greek regional unit.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/540923
39.5066786008, 22.920519021
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- Magnesia (region) part of (regional) Thessalia (unspecified date range)
- Boibe part of (regional) Magnesia (region) (550 BC - 30 BC)
- Demetrias (Magnesian) part of (regional) Magnesia (region) (550 BC - 30 BC)
- Eurymenai part of (regional) Magnesia (region) (550 BC - 30 BC)
- Homolion part of (regional) Magnesia (region) (550 BC - 30 BC)
- Iolkos part of (regional) Magnesia (region) (550 BC - 30 BC)
- Kasthaneia part of (regional) Magnesia (region) (550 BC - 30 BC)
- Korope part of (regional) Magnesia (region) (550 BC - 30 BC)
- Lakereia part of (regional) Magnesia (region) (550 BC - 30 BC)
- Magnesia ad Maeandrum/Leukophrys founded by Magnesia (region) (unspecified date range)
- Meliboia part of (regional) Magnesia (region) (550 BC - 30 BC)
- Methone (Magnesian) part of (regional) Magnesia (region) (550 BC - 30 BC)
- Olizon part of (regional) Magnesia (region) (550 BC - 30 BC)
- Ormenion/Orminion part of (regional) Magnesia (region) (550 BC - 30 BC)
- Ossa (mountain) part of (regional) Magnesia (region) (550 BC - 30 BC)
- Pagasaeus/Demetriacus Sinus bounds Magnesia (region) (550 BC - 30 BC)
- Pelion (mountain) part of (regional) Magnesia (region) (550 BC - 30 BC)
- Peneios (river) bounds Magnesia (region) (550 BC - 30 BC)
- Rhizous part of (regional) Magnesia (region) (550 BC - 30 BC)
- Spalauthra part of (regional) Magnesia (region) (550 BC - 30 BC)
- Tisaion (mountain) part of (physical/topographic) Magnesia (region) (30 BC - AD 300)
region
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 55 D1 Magnesia
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J. Fossey, J. Morin, R. Talbert, G. Reger, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Magnesia (region): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/540923> [accessed: 27 March 2025]
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