Historical place profile
Myrkinos
A settlement of the Edones, conquered by the Persians and given to Histiaios of Miletos in 513 BC, then briefly colonised by Milesians after the Ionian Revolt. It was conquered by Macedon in 356 BC.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:501520
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:501520
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 40.907220, 23.819454
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A settlement of the Edones, conquered by the Persians and given to Histiaios of Miletos in 513 BC, then briefly colonised by Milesians after the Ionian Revolt. It was conquered by Macedon in 356 BC.
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 51 B3 Myrkinos
Source and reuse
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Research path
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