Historical place profile
Antissa
An ancient settlement on a promontory on the island of Lesbos sometimes referred to as "Ovriokastro". Antissa was destroyed by Roman forces in 166 BCE. The visible archaeological remains derive mostly from a later Genoese fortress.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:550435
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:550435
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 39.291382, 26.018986
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
An ancient settlement on a promontory on the island of Lesbos sometimes referred to as "Ovriokastro". Antissa was destroyed by Roman forces in 166 BCE. The visible archaeological remains derive mostly from a later Genoese fortress.
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 56 C3 Antissa
Source and reuse
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Research path
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