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426: 114:, the traveller, after traversing rugged mountains and intricate valleys, comes suddenly in sight of an immense plain like a vast sea, the extremity of which is scarcely visible. From the astonishment which it excited in the traveller, the city was supposed to have derived its name. It stood upon a lofty and precipitous rock. It was besieged by 45: 363: 134:
occupies the site of Thaumaci, and at this place inscriptions were found containing the ancient name. Its situation and prospect are in exact accordance with the description of Livy, who copied from
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observes that "at the southern end of the town a rocky point, overtopping the other heights, commands a magnificent prospect of the immense plain watered by the
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having made their way into the town, the king was obliged to abandon the siege. Thaumaci was taken by the consul
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and its branches." The town was Christianised at an early date and a bishopric was set up (see
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Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions".
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Map showing ancient Thessaly. Thaumaci is shown to the lower centre, south of Pharsalus.
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Town and polis (city-state) of Phthiotis in Ancient Thessaly
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Index

Thaumakos
Thaumacia
Thaumacus (mythology)

Ancient Greek
romanized
polis
Phthiotis
Ancient Thessaly
Thermopylae
Maliac Gulf
Lamia
Domokos
Livy
Philip V of Macedon
Aetolians
Acilius
Antiochus
Domokos
Polybius
William Martin Leake
Peneius
Thaumacensis
An inventory of archaic and classical poleis
Oxford University Press
716
ISBN
0-19-814099-1
Livy
Ab urbe condita Libri

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