Tripolis Larisaia

39°36′54″N 22°33′18″E Tripolis (Ancient Greek: Τρίπολις, lit. 'three cities') or Tripolis Larisaia (Τρίπολις Λαρισαῖα), also called Scaea (Τρίπολις Σκαιὰ), was an ancient city in the Pelasgiotis in Thessaly, Greece, on the Peneus (Peneios) river, situated approximately 5 km to the east of Larissa.[1]

During the Third Macedonian War, the Romans under Publius Licinius camped here on the march to Larissa (171 BCE).[1]

Its site is tentatively located near Platykampos.[2]

See also

List of Ancient Greek cities

References

Livy. Ab urbe condita Libri [History of Rome]. Vol. 42.55.6.
Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), p. 55.

External links

Hazlitt, Classical Gazetteer, "Tripolis"

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