Mecyberna

Coordinates: 40°16′42″N 23°23′46″E / 40.278319°N 23.396101°E / 40.278319; 23.396101
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Mecyberna or Mekyberna (

Sermyle.[4]

The town was a member of the

Thracians (420 BCE),[6] and surrendered to Philip II of Macedon before the siege of Olynthus (349 BCE).[7]

The site of Mecyberna is near the modern Molyvopyrgos.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.10.
  2. ^ Pomponius Mela. De situ orbis. Vol. 2.3.1.
  3. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. vii. p.330. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  4. ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 7.122.
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  6. ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 5.39.
  7. ^ Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca historica (Historical Library). Vol. 16.54.
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  9. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Mecyberna". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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