Messenia
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Richard Talbert, Michael Heubel, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne
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Last modified
Aug 16, 2023 07:23 PM
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History
Messenia was the southwestern district of the Peloponnesus. It was bounded on the east by Laconia, on the north by Elis and Arcadia, and on the south and west by the sea.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570480
37.1171930115, 21.8958551234
- Representative Locations:
- BAtlas Map Label Location (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 930 meters.
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- Messenia (750 BC - AD 300)
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- Achaia (spring) part of (regional) Messenia (unspecified date range)
- Bias (river) located in Messenia (unspecified date range)
- Eua (mountain) located in Messenia (unspecified date range)
- Messene capital of Messenia (unspecified date range)
- Nichoria part of (regional) Messenia (unspecified date range)
- Less than certain: Thouria part of (regional) Messenia (330 BC - 30 BC)
region, map label location
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 B3 Messenia
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G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Richard Talbert, Michael Heubel, Sean Gillies, and Ryan Horne, 'Messenia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570480> [accessed: 30 December 2024]
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