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.
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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, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, G. Reger, and R. Talbert, 'Magnesia (region): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/540923> [accessed: 17 April 2026]
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