Historical place profile
Sellasia
An ancient fortified settlement located a few kilometers north of ancient Sparta on a hill known in modern times as Palaiogoulas, which is east of the modern town of Sellasia. Sacked several times in antiquity, Pausanias reports the settlement was abandoned by his time.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:570662
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:570662
- Place type
- ruin, settlement
- Coordinates
- 37.169269, 22.440604
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
An ancient fortified settlement located a few kilometers north of ancient Sparta on a hill known in modern times as Palaiogoulas, which is east of the modern town of Sellasia. Sacked several times in antiquity, Pausanias reports the settlement was abandoned by his time.
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 58 C3 Sellasia
Source and reuse
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Research path
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