Acontisma

40°57′58″N 24°31′41″E Acontisma or Akontisma (Ancient Greek: Ἀχόντισμα),[1] also called Hercontroma or Herkontroma,[2][3] was a settlement in ancient Macedon[4] near the border of Thrace[2] on the coast and on the Via Egnatia, 8 or 9 miles (13 to 15 km) eastward of Neapolis (modern Kavala), on a pass of the same name.[5] Its site has been identified with remains about 2 miles (3 km) east of Nea Karvali.[6][3]

An account describing the political consolidation of ancient Macedon identified Acontisma as an outpost located at the easternmost limit of the Macedonian territory.[7] During the Roman times, Acontisma was also the eastern boundary of the province of Macedonia.[7] This settlement, which was some sources described as a mountain pass[8] and a border passage, was included in one of Trajan's inscription citing road repairs.[9]

References
  1. Hierocles. Synecdemus. Vol. 640.
  2. Gustav Hirschfeld: Akontisma.(in German) In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Vol. I,1, Stuttgart 1893, col. 1185.
  3. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 51, and directory notes accompanying.
  4. Antonine Itinerary
  5. Ammianus Marcellinus. Res Gestae - The Later Roman Empire (AD 354–378). Vol. 27.4.
  6. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  7. Roisman, Joseph; Worthington, Ian (2011). A Companion to Ancient Macedonia. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. p. 333. ISBN 9781444351637.
  8. den Boeft, J; Drijvers, J.W.; den Hengst, D.; Teitler, H.C. (2009). Ammianus Marcellinus. Leiden: BRILL. p. 88. ISBN 9789004180376.
  9. Boeft, J. Den; Drijvers, J.W.; den Hengst, D.; Teitler, H.C. (2008). Philological and historical commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus: XXVI. Leiden: BRILL. pp. 202. ISBN 9789004162129.

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


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