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Location:

  • Greece, Thessaloníki
  • geo:40.639351,22.944607
  • Location ± 25-100 m.

Period or year:

  • -316 / unknown

Class:

  • City
  • invisible

Annotations

Founded by the Macedonian king Cassander in 315 BC. Important trade hub and port city. Became a Roman city in 41 BC. The emperor Galerius made Thessalonice his residence and a regional capital.1

References

  1. ↑Woordenboek der Oudheid s.v. Thessalonice


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