Heracleium (Pieria)
City in ancient Pieria, Macedon
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Heracleium or Herakleion (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλειον) was a city on the south coast of ancient Pieria, Macedon, between Phila and Leibethra. During Peloponnesian War it passed into Athenian control in the years 430/29, 425/4 and 421 BCE. After Athenian alliance with Perdiccas II in 413 BCE it became again a city of Macedon.
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| Heracleium | |
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| Ἡράκλειον (Ancient Greek) | |
Probable location of Herakleion at Fort Platamon. It controlled the mouth of the Vale of Tempe, the one easiest way over Mount Olympus from Macedon to Thessaly. It was, however, outflanked by more precipitous ways. | |
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| 39°58′N 22°38′E | |
