Sosthenis
Coordinates: 38°49′11″N 22°25′22″E / 38.819718°N 22.422726°E Sosthenis (Ancient Greek: Σωσθενίς) was a town in Oetaea in ancient Thessaly.[1] The town's name appears in an epigraph dated to c. 272-260 BCE, as providing a treasurer on behalf of the Aetolians in making an alliance with the Acarnanians.[2]
Modern scholars tentatively locate Sosthenis at the modern site of .[3][4]
References[]
- ^
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Thessalia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
- ^ "IG IX,12 1:3 - PHI Greek Inscriptions". epigraphy.packhum.org. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
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