Historical place profile
Dion
Dion was a settlement of Pieria located on the border between Macedonia and Thessaly. It was held, traditionally, as the place of Orpheus' death and burial. In the Roman Imperial period, it became a Roman colonia. The adjacent modern village, now known as Dion, is sometimes also referenced by its earlier modern name Malathria.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:491572
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:491572
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 40.176388, 22.491437
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Dion was a settlement of Pieria located on the border between Macedonia and Thessaly. It was held, traditionally, as the place of Orpheus' death and burial. In the Roman Imperial period, it became a Roman colonia. The adjacent modern village, now known as Dion, is sometimes also referenced by its earlier modern name Malathria.
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 50 B4 Dion
Source and reuse
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Research path
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