Historical place profile

Aidepsos (spa)

A famous Euboean spa city in the Hellenistic and Roman periods, located at modern Loutra Aidepsou. The polis' original location may have been 3-4 km north in the area of a modern town that carries the modern name Aidepsos (previously Lipso).

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:540602
Catalogue ID
pleiades:540602
Place type
bath, settlement
Coordinates
38.859193, 23.045529
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

A famous Euboean spa city in the Hellenistic and Roman periods, located at modern Loutra Aidepsou. The polis' original location may have been 3-4 km north in the area of a modern town that carries the modern name Aidepsos (previously Lipso).

Geographic evidence

The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.

Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 55 E3 Aidepsos

Source and reuse

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Research path

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