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39°37′27″N 22°41′07″E / 39.6241°N 22.68522°E / 39.6241; 22.68522 Cercinium or Kerkineion (Ancient Greek: Κερκινείον) or Kerkinion (Κερκινέον) was a town in Magnesia, in ancient Thessaly, near the Lake Boebeis.

The site of Cercinium is located at a place called Ano Amygdali.

References

  1. Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 689. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  2. Livy. Ab urbe condita Libri [History of Rome]. Vol. 31.41.
  3. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  4. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Cercinium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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