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Messenia

a Pleiades place resource

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

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

Last modified Sep 06, 2015 11:48 PM — 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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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570480

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.0694553333, 21.9323415

Locations:

Barrington Atlas location (750 BC - AD 300)

Names:

Messenia (750 BC - AD 300)

Makes a connection with:

None

Has a connection with:

Messene (Attested dates needed)
Achaia (spring) (Attested dates needed)
Nichoria (Attested dates needed)

Place type:
region

References:

Evidence:

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 B3 Messenia

Details:

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Suggested citation:
G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Messenia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2015 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570480> [accessed: 22 September 2017]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570480 |title=Places: 570480 (Messenia) |author=Reger, G., J. McK. Camp II |accessdate=September 22, 2017 6:32 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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