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Bryanium

Bryanium or Bryanion was a town of ancient Macedonia, in the district Deuriopus in Paeonia. Stephanus of Byzantium erroneously calls it a town of Epirus.

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Bryanium
Βρυάνιον (Ancient Greek)
Countryside of North Macedonia in which Bryanium was placed.
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41°14′27″N 21°13′09″E / 41.24083°N 21.21909°E / 41.24083; 21.21909

Bryanium or Bryanion (Ancient Greek: Βρυάνιον) was a town of ancient Macedonia, in the district Deuriopus in Paeonia.12 Stephanus of Byzantium erroneously calls it a town of Epirus.3

The site of Bryanium is tentatively located near the modern-day village of Graište, North Macedonia.45

References

References

  1. Livy. Ab urbe condita Libri [History of Rome]. Vol. 31.39.
  2. Strabo. Geographica. Vol. vii. p.327. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  4. Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
  5. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
Sources

Sources

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

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