Ancient Macedonian Settlements and Cities

[Ptolemy]

Agassai (Agassae or Ακεσσαί?)

Livy 44.7.5 "he marched as far as the River Mitys, and the next day to Agassae", Livy 45.27.1 "to sack the cities of Aeginium and Agassae", Steph. Byz. 59.3 (πόλις) "Ακεσαίος or Ακεσίτης.

Unlocated settlement, somewhere in Pieria (Papazoglou (1988) 118-19; Hammond (1972) 139n.1; Hatzopoulos (1996) 109-10 n.8)

Aiginion (Aeginium or Αιγίνιον)

Livy 32.15-4 "He then advanced against Aeginium, but when he saw that the place was practically impregnable even with a small force to defend it"

Livy 36.13.6 "which the Athamanians were holding, namely Aeginium"

Strabo 7.7.9 "while Aeginium, on the border of Aethicia and Tricca"

Gonnoi no.35B.6 (δήμος (2th c. mid)); cf IG3.2.324 (πόλις), 329 (πόλις (c. AD 200 when it was not loger part of Makedonia but belonged to Thessaly)). Capital of Tymphaia-Parauaia. Gonnoi pp35-36 Barr 54.H.

Alkomena (Alalcomenae or Αλκομενά)

Strabo 7.7.9 "Near by are Alalcomenae"

Steph Byz. (75.15) (πόλις) IG x.2.2 34B (κώμη (AD 192/3); Ethnikon: Αλκομενεύς (Arr. Ind. 18.6)

αλκομεναίος (IX x.2.2.348) At Budin near Bela Cerkva in Derriopos, Papazoglou (1988) 302-3; Hatzopoloulos (1996b) i.85-87, 411-16). Alkomena was apparently one of the urban centres of Derriopos, which as a whole constituted a political entity (cf. SEG 46 807; εν Δερριόπω...βουλευτήριον) Barr. 49.HR.

Argos Orestikon (Argos Oresticum or Άργος Ορεστικόν)

Strabo 7.7.8 "and left the country bearing his name; and that he also founded a city and called it Argos Oresticum."

(πόλις); App Syr. 63; Steph Byz. 113.1 (πόλις); ethnikon: Αργεσταίος

Livy 27.33.1"they had even descended into the Argestaean Plain"

Most probably at modern Argos Orestikon (Papazoglou 1988)236-38) Barr.49.RI.

Arnissa (Άρνισα)

Thuc. 4.128.3 "Brasidas now proceeded more securely, and the same day arrived at Arnisa, the first town in the dominions ofPerdiccas"

At Vegora or less probably at Petrai/Gradista in Eordaia (Papazoglou 1988) 163-64; Hatzaopoulos (19996b) i.94.n.4) Barr 49.C

Bokeria (Βοκερία)

EAM 109 (C4/C3, stadium stone); Ethnikon: Βοκέρριος (AG 9.149; Papazoglou (1988) 164-66 and L. Robert BE (1971) no. 392 mistakenly write Βοκκέριος) or Βοκερραίος (Bocerraeus in an unpublished boundary stone of the Roman period; cf BE (1997) 364) At Pharangi in Eordaia (cf Petsas (1966-67) 352, no.245l Mackay(1976); probable remnants of a circuit wall (Hammond and Hatzopoulos (1982) 143) Boera was the principal ubran centre of the ethnos of the Eordaioi, wh as a whole constituted a political unit equivalent to the poleis of coastal Makedonia (cf. the Βουλή Εορ[δαίων] of the Roman period in SEG 48. 800) Barr. 50 HR.

Bryanion (Βρυάνιον)

Livy 31.39.5 "Philip at first fixed his camp at Bryanium"

Strabo 7.7.9

Unidentified location in Derriopos (Papazoglou (1988)303) Barr 49 CHR

Euia, Euboia (Εύια, Εύβοια)

Diod. 19.11.2; Strabo 10.1.15 (πόλις); Steph Byz. 284.2 (πόλις), Ethnikon; Ευιέστης (EAM 87 (181-180); Livy 42.51.4; cf The Ευιαστική πύλη

Beroia (Βέροια)

At Polymylos in Elemia or Eordaia (I Beroia 41. with comm.l Karamitrou-Mentesidi and Vatali (1997). Barr.50 (Euboia at Sevastiana)

Gaimeion (Γαίμειον)

SEG 24. 524.B23, 35 (C3). Unidentified location, probably in Bottia (Pap 1988) 150)

Galadrai (Γαλάδρα, Γαλάδραι)

Lycoph. Alex. 1444; Polyb. book 13. Steph Byz. 196.5 (πόλις); Ethnikonl Γαλαδραίος (Lycoph. Alex 1342). Unidentified location in Pieria (Pap. 1988. 120) Undated in Barr. 50.

Genderrhos (Γένδερρος)

Vavritsas (1977) 10 (κώμη) (C3); ethnikon: Γενδερραίος (ibid) Γενδέρριος (SEG 27 258, app. crit) Unidentified location near Kyrrhos in Bottia, possibly at Mandalon (Hatzopoulos (1996b) i.112) Barr. 50 tentatively puts it at Mylotopos (following Papazoglou (1988) 154) but indicates no date.

Gortynia (Γορτυνία)

thuc. 2.100.3 "the Thracian host first invaded what had been once Philip's government, and took Idomene by assault, Gortynia"

Ptol. Geog. 3.12.36 (πόλις); Plin. HN 4.34; Strabo 7 fr 4 (πόλις); Steph Byz. 212.1 Perhaps located at Vardaski Rid, near Gevgelija where recent excavations have revealed several building phases of a walled settlementl most important are the C6-C5e and the C5m-C4 phases, the latter with remains of a monumental public building (Mitrevski (1996) Papazoglou 1988 181-82 Barr. 50 CHRI

Greia (Γρήια)

ΕΑΜ 87. (181-180) Kome of Eordaia or Elemia (Hatz. 1996b) i.96-102) Undated in Barr. 50.

To be continued

[Andrew]

Does someone know any mention for the city Aegidium /Aegydium ????????'
I've found it in Hammond as a city of Pieria near Haliacmon refered by Pliny (NH) as Aeginium , but Hammond corrects him saying that Aeginium was in Tymfaea so in Pieria /Emathia must have been Aegidium .... What do you say ?????
Anyone knows something more ???

[Astoria]

maybe it's Aegitium instead of Aegidium?

greek and roman geography by w. smith

jstor

hope this helps...

[Ptolemy]

Originally Posted by Andrew

Does someone know any mention for the city Aegidium /Aegydium ????????'
I've found it in Hammond as a city of Pieria near Haliacmon refered by Pliny (NH) as Aeginium , but Hammond corrects him saying that Aeginium was in Tymfaea so in Pieria /Emathia must have been Aegidium .... What do you say ?????
Anyone knows something more ???

According to Livy 32.15-4, 36.13.6 and Strabo 7.7.9 its called Aiginion. There are two insciptions namely IGix.2.324 and 329 mentioning also this name. The second one refers to 200 AD, when it was no longer part of Macedonia but belonged to Thessaly. In general it was the capital of Tymphara-Parauaia.

There is apparently another Aiginion, mentioned by Livy 44.46.3, 45.27.1-3 and Pliny HN 4-33. This is unidentified location somewhere in Pieria.

[Andrew]

Thanks Astoria ! So until now we have :
1) Aegitium in Aetolia
2) Aeginium in Tymfaea
3) Hammond sais that there was a city in Lacony named Aegydium and as I said
postulates that there was another one in Pieria Aegydium/Aegidium that is described in Volume II of A History of Macedonia (Greek Edition) page 37 :
«προτείνω να διορθώσουμε τη λέξη Αιγιαλόν σε Αιγίδιον ή Αιγύδιον , μια πόλη της Πιερίας (Πλίνιος ΝΗ 4.33)».
Also in his Biography of Philip of Macedon he says that Philip and his new army faced the pretender Argaeus and the Athenians nearby Aegai , propably in Aegidium . When the Athenians were defeated they went to a nearby low hill to escape from the Macedonian cavalry. And also says that Philip was expecting with the army in a central place of the plain because didn't know were the Athenians would strand (they stranded in Methone).
I'm interested because my hometown Alexandreia until 1952 was named Gidas (Γιδάς) ,it is in the center of the plain (in a region that the Turks called Rumlook meaning Ρωμιότοπος , place of the Greeks) , in Imathia near Haliakmon(where Haliakmon forms the limits between Imathia and Pieria and Herodotus informs us that Haliakmon's ancient watercourse was northier (7.131 "mixing his waters with Loudias") so what is eastern Imathia today then was north Pieria . The old village until 1880 was in the modern day Paliokhori and there is a low hill and it is located between Aegai and Methoni.
Nearby Alexandreia (Gidas) today there is another village named Aeginium in Pieria after 1930 and before was "Libanovo".
So my question is if Aeginium was in Tymfaea , Hammond's Pierian Aegidium/ Pliny's Aeginium is Gidas (Αίγα -> γίδα , Αιγίδιον-> γιδάς , Αιγιδιώτης -> Γιδιώτης) or modern day Aeginium ????
I'm interesting in everybody's opinion about this !!!!!!