39°14′37″N 22°16′23″E / 39.243493°N 22.273135°E Proerna (Ancient Greek: Πρόερνα) was a town and polis (city-state) of Phthiotis, in ancient Thessaly.[1] Strabo lists the town between Thaumaci and Pharsalus, in Phthiotis, but otherwise provides no indication of its exact location.[2] Stephanus of Byzantium writes Proarna (Προάρνα), and calls it by mistake a town of the Malians.[3] In 191 BCE, Proerna, which had been taken by Antiochus III, was recovered by the consul Manius Acilius Glabrio during the latter's advance through Thessaly, a little while before the Battle of Thermopylae.[4] We learn from this passage of Livy that Proerna stood between Pharsalus and Thaumaci.[4]
The site of Proerna has been located at a place called Neo Monastiri (meaning, "new monastery") in the territory of Gynaikokastro.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 716. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 9.5.10. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Προάρνα.
- ^ a b Livy. Ab urbe condita Libri [History of Rome]. Vol. 36.14.
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Proerna". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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