Historical place profile
Aigion
A city-state of ancient Achaea that numbered as one of the 12 Achaean cities. The city was located 30 stades from Rhypae, and 40 stades from Helice.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:570049
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:570049
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 38.252707, 22.081952
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A city-state of ancient Achaea that numbered as one of the 12 Achaean cities. The city was located 30 stades from Rhypae, and 40 stades from Helice.
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 58 C1 Aigion
Source and reuse
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Research path
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