Scione
Scione or Skione (
Scione was founded c. 700 BCE by settlers from Achaea;[2] the Scionaeans claimed their ancestors settled the place when their ships were blown there by the storm that caught the Achaeans on their way back from Troy.[3] It "was situated on one summit of a two-crested hill and on the slopes toward the sea... The hill with the fortifications and the pottery fragments constituted the acropolis of ancient Scione and the hill beyond was that on which the defenders encamped 'before the city.'"[4]
It was a member of the Delian League.[5]
Its moment of historical importance came during the
By the time of the Roman Empire, Scione had "almost vanished out of existence.".[9] However, according to recent surveys, Scione survived in the Roman (imperial) period as a vicus of the Roman colony of Cassandreia.[10] Scione is mentioned by Roman-era geographers Pomponius Mela,[11] Strabo,[12] and Pliny the Elder.[13]
The site of Scione is 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of the modern
See also
References
- ISBN 90-04-14218-5), p. 93.
- ^ N. G. L. Hammond, A History of Macedonia, Vol. 1: Historical Geography and Prehistory (Clarendon Press, 1972), p. 426.
- ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 4.120.
- ^ B. D. Meritt, "Scione, Mende and Torone," American Journal of Archaeology 27 (1923): 447-60, p. 451.
- ^ Athenian Tribute Lists
- ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 5.32.
- ISBN 0-19-815256-6), p. 77.
- ISBN 0-691-10239-2), p. 136.
- ^ James S. Reid, The Municipalities of the Roman Empire (The University Press, 1913), p. 395.
- ^ [1] D. C. Samsaris, The Roman Colony of Cassandreia in Macedonia (Colonia Iulia Augusta Cassandrensis), Dodona 16(1), 1987, p. 382
- ^ Pomponius Mela. De situ orbis. Vol. 2.2.11.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. vii p. 330. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.17.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Scione". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.