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Aigosthena (Ancient Gr****: Αἰγόσθενα) was an
ancient Gr****
fortified port city of Megaris, 19 km (12 mi)
northwest of the
ancient city of
Megara to which...
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south of Erythres, 7 km west of Oinoi, 10 km east of the
coastal village Aigosthena, 17 km
south of
Thebes and 40 km
northwest of Athens. The muni****l unit's...
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Cithaeron View of
Cithaeron from
Aigosthena Highest point
Elevation 1,409 m (4,623 ft)
Coordinates 38°11′03″N 23°14′57″E / 38.18417°N 23.24917°E / 38...
- in the top,
presumably to
house anti-personnel
arrow shooters, as in
Aigosthena. The late 4th
century author Vegetius, in his De Re Militari, describes...
- bay is
approximately 20 to 25 km long and 20 km wide. It
stretches from
Aigosthena to Cape
Trachilos from east to west and from Cape
Trachilos to the peninsula...
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plain of Megara, and
stretches between the Gulf of
Corinth at
Aigosthena and the
Saronic Gulf near Eleusis. It is
separated from its
northern neighbour...
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Aegina (Temple of Aphaea,
Temple of Zeus),
Attica Aigeira, West
Greece Aigosthena,
Attica Akraiphnion,
Central Greece Akrotiri at Santorini,
South Aegean...
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which could have been used to
house anti-personnel
arrow shooters, as in
Aigosthena.
Projectiles included both
arrows and (later)
stones that were sometimes...
- Aetolia-Acarnania, 3 km south-west of
modern Agrinio abandoned Agrinium Aigosthena Attica abandoned Egosthena Akragas (Akragasta)
Sicily (Italio) Agrigento...
- in the top,
presumably to
house anti-personnel
arrow shooters, as in
Aigosthena. The late 4th
century Roman author Vegetius provides the only contemporary...
