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Belmina

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II

Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Last modified Aug 07, 2025 04:06 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:feature=settlement, dare:major=0

Mentioned in ancient sources, this settlement of ancient Arcadia was perhaps a polis during the Classical period. It lay near the border with Laconia and Shipley argues it was seized and controlled by Sparta from the mid-sixth to fourth centuries BCE, again in the third century, and from the mid-to-late second century BCE well into the Roman imperial period. Its precise location is uncertain, but there are multiple candidate sites on the slopes of modern Mt. Chelmos (atop which the Athenaion fort stood) in the vicinity of modern Skortsinos and modern Giakoumaiika (enumerated by Shipley 2000 on page 373 note 45).

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570151

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.2820759, 22.2690422

Locations:

Associated Modern Locations:
- Uncertain: OSM Location: modern Giakoumaiika (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Uncertain: OSM Location: modern Skortsinos (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 11691 (550 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Less than certain: Βέλβινα (Belbina: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 300)
- Βελεμίνα (Belemina: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 300)
- Βέλμινα (Belmina: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 300)
- Βλένινα (Blenina: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 300)
Associated Modern Names:
- Less than certain: Chelmos (Modern Greek, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
Labels (map, atlas, gazetteer):
- Belmina (English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)

Belmina makes connections with:

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Belmina receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement, settlement-modern

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 C3 Belmina

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Chelmos

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Suggested citation:
G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Belmina: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570151> [accessed: 10 February 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570151 |title=Places: 570151 (Belmina) |author=Reger, G., J. McK. Camp II |accessdate=February 10, 2026 4:26 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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