Historical place profile

Haliartos

Haliartos was an ancient city of Boeotia, founded as a contemporary of Orchomenos. The city was destroyed by C. Lucretius during the Third Macedonian War. There is a modern Greek town adjacent to the site, which now carries the ancient name.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:540801
Catalogue ID
pleiades:540801
Place type
acropolis, settlement
Coordinates
38.378323, 23.086604
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Haliartos was an ancient city of Boeotia, founded as a contemporary of Orchomenos. The city was destroyed by C. Lucretius during the Third Macedonian War. There is a modern Greek town adjacent to the site, which now carries the ancient name.

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 E4 Haliartos

Source and reuse

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Research path

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