Sarantaporo ancient settlement

Historical description

Located just east of modern Sarantaporo in the Elassona municipality (Larisa, Greece), this ancient settlement was excavated in the late 20th century. Its excavators proposed an identification with ancient Doliche, which previously had been only provisionally located. It may represent the original seat of Doliche. The late-antique fortified site at Kastri Livadiou (q.v.) seems to have made use of spoliated material including an inscription that names Doliche as a polis.

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: Pleiades

Source and reuse

This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.

Research path

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