Aigosthena
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Contributors:
Catherine Bouras, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Chris de Lisle, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes
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History
Aigosthena was a fortified city of in the Megaris that served as one of Megara's ports. In the Hellenistic period, it became an autonomous city.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570051
38.1474328836, 23.2279608217
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Aigosthena (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Topostext Location: Aigosthena (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Αἰγόσθενα (Aigosthena: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 300)
- Aigosthena member of Achaean League (Second) (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Aigosthena port of Megara (550 BC - AD 300)
- Aigosthena part of (regional) Megaris (unspecified date range)
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settlement, port, fort, tower (deprecated)
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- Chronique en ligne Toponyme 4418: Germenos, Aigosthena, Aigosthaina
- DARMC 59
- GeoNames 11962302: Aigosthena fortress
- MANTO 10210702: Aigosthena
- TGN 5004218: Egósthena (inhabited place)
- TM Geo 15629: Aigosthena (Porto Germeno)
- Wikidata Q2827860: Aigosthena
- iDAI.gazetteer 2104103: Aigosthena
- vici.org 22985: Aigosthena
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 E1 Aigosthena
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Porto Germano
G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II, Catherine Bouras, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Chris de Lisle, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Scott Smith, and Greta Hawes, 'Aigosthena: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570051> [accessed: 21 November 2024]
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