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EGINION (Ancient city) THESSALIA
Aighinion: Eth. Aiginiens, Aiytvtmes, Aeginiensis: Stagus, a town
of the Tymphaei in Thessaly, is described by Livy as a place of great strength
and nearly impregnable (Liv. xxxii. 15). It is frequently mentioned in the Roman
wars in Greece. It was given up to plunder by L. Aemilius Paulus for having refused
to open its gates after the battle of Pydna. It was here that Caesar in his march
from Apollonia effected a junction with Domitius. It occupied the site of the
modern Stagus, a town at a short distance from the Peneus. At this place Leake
found an inscription, in which Aeginium is mentioned. Its situation, fortified
on two sides by perpendicular rocks, accords with Livy's account of its position.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited May 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
A town on the border between Thessaly and Epeiros; according to Strabo, it belonged to the Tymphaei. It appears several times in Livy's account of the Macedonian War, where it is described as secure and almost impregnable; it was destroyed by the Romans in 167 B.C. Subsequently, in the Civil Wars, Caesar joined Domitius Calvinus there before marching on Pompey at Pharsalus. The ancient town has been identified with Kalabaka, where there are no ancient remains; the literary sources are more easily reconciled with the Rock of the Goat N of the modern village of Nea Koutsoufliani. This small site is surrounded by cliffs, and retains traces of a tower and rubble walls faced with squared stone blocks. A modern road to the E of the acropolis has cut through a group of pithos and cist burials.
M. H. Mcallister, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Oct 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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