Ericinium

Ericinium or Ereikinion (Ancient Greek: Ἐρεικίνιον) was a town and polis (city-state) of Perrhaebia in ancient Thessaly,[1] situated near the frontiers of Histiaeotis.[2]

Map showing ancient Thessaly. Ericinium is shown to the northwest of centre.

The existence of the town is attested by epigraphic evidence at least since the 4th century BCE.[1] In the Roman-Seleucid War, in the year 191 BCE, it was taken from the Athamanians by the joint army commanded by the Roman Marcus Baebius Tamphilus and Philip V of Macedon.[3]

Its location has been found at the modern village of Megalo Eleftherochori.[1][4][5]

References

1. Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 723. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
2. Livy. Ab Urbe Condita Libri (History of Rome). 36.13, 39.25.
3. Livy. Ab Urbe Condita Libri (History of Rome). 36.13.
4. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying.
5. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Ericinium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. London: John Murray.