Phaestus_(Thessaly)

Phaestus (Thessaly)

Phaestus (Thessaly)

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Phaestus or Phaestos or Phaistos (Ancient Greek: Φαιστός) was a town of ancient Thessaly in the district Pelasgiotis, a little to the right of the Peneius. It was taken by the Roman praetor Marcus Baebius Tamphilus in 191 BCE.[1]

Map showing ancient Thessaly. Phaestus is shown in the centre north of Mt. Titanus.

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    Livy. Ab urbe condita Libri [History of Rome]. Vol. 36.13.

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


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