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Revision as of 14:46, 4 March 2024
Αἰγίνιον | |
 View of Kalambaka, modern city on the spot of Aeginium. | |
 Map showing ancient Thessaly. Aeginium is to the upper left. | |
| Coordinates | 39°42′00.0″N 21°38′00.0″E / 39.700000°N 21.633333°E |
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| Part of | Kalambaka |
| Site notes | |
| Condition | Fragmentary |
Aeginium (Latin) or Aiginion (Ancient Greek: Αἰγίνιον) was an ancient Greek settlement in the northwest of Thessaly. By the 19th century, evidence of its existence had been reduced to scant mention in several literary fragments from the encyclopedic classical authors: Strabo, Livy, Ptolemy, Pliny the Elder, Stephanus of Byzantium.[1] It appeared to have been troublesome to the Roman Republic. Julius Caesar said it was "over against Thessaly." Strabo said it was at "the confluence of the Ion River with the Peneus, which was in Thessaly. Pliny the Elder said it was in Pieria, but he didn't say which. Ptolemy gave coordinates, but his coordinates produce a map that is grossly distorted. In short, no one knew any longer where Aeginium had been, or how long it had been there. The same case was true of Agassae, which seemed to be equally troublesome to Rome.
It is frequently mentioned in the Roman wars in Greece. It was given up to plunder by L. Aemilius Paulus in 167 BCE for having refused to open its gates after the Battle of Pydna.[2] It was here that, during the civil war between Pompey and Julius Caesar, that the latter in his march from Apollonia effected a junction with Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus.[3] Later, the town was called by the name Stagos which was translated to Kalabaka.
Its modern location is tentatively assigned to a site in Nea Koutsoufliani in the municipality of Kalabaka.[4][5] William Martin Leake found an inscription at Kalabaka, in which Aeginium is mentioned.[6]
References
- ^ "Aiginion (Thessaly)". ToposText. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ Livy. Ab urbe condita Libri [History of Rome]. Vol. 32.15, 36.13, 44.46, 45.27.
- ^ Caes. B.C. 3.79.
- ^ Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 54.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ Leake, Northern Greece, vol. i. p. 421, et seq.
Source
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Aeginium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
External links
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