Narthacium

Coordinates: 38°56′55″N 22°30′23″E / 38.94874°N 22.50641°E / 38.94874; 22.50641
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38°56′55″N 22°30′23″E / 38.94874°N 22.50641°E / 38.94874; 22.50641 Narthacium or Narthakion (

Achaean Phthiotis.[1][2][3][4] Narthacium is mentioned by Ptolemy.[5]

An inscription referring to Narthacium has been preserved, documented as IG (9) 2.89, dated to the year 140 BCE regarding a senatus consultum on a territorial dispute between Narthacium and Melitaea.[6]

The site of Narthacium is at a place called Limogardi (Λιμογάρδι), in the municipality of Lamia.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ Xenophon. Hellenica. Vol. 4.3.3-9.
  2. ^ Xenophon, Ages. 2.3-5.
  3. ^ Plutarch, Apophth. p. 211
  4. ^ Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca historica (Historical Library). Vol. 14.82.
  5. ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 3.13.46.
  6. ^ Jorge Martínez de Tejada Garaizábal, Instituciones, sociedad, religión y léxico de Tesalia de la antigüedad desde la época de la independencia hasta el fin de la edad antigua (siglos VIII AC-V DC), tesis doctoral, p.240. Madrid: Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2012).
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  8. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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