Article · Wikipedia archive · Last revised Jul 18, 2026

Cercinium

Cercinium or Kerkineion or Kerkinion (Κερκινέον) was a town in Magnesia, in ancient Thessaly, near the Lake Boebeis.

Last revised
Jul 18, 2026
Read time
≈ 1 min
Length
137 w
Citations
4
Source

39°37′27″N 22°41′07″E / 39.6241°N 22.68522°E / 39.6241; 22.68522 Cercinium or Kerkineion (Ancient Greek: Κερκινείον) or Kerkinion (Κερκινέον)1 was a town in Magnesia, in ancient Thessaly, near the Lake Boebeis.2

The site of Cercinium is located at a place called Ano Amygdali.34

References

References

  1. Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 689. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  2. Livy. Ab urbe condita Libri [History of Rome]. Vol. 31.41.
  3. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  4. Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.

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