Acontisma

Acontisma

Acontisma

Ancient settlement in Macedon

40°57′58″N 24°31′41″E Acontisma or Akontisma (Ancient Greek: Ἀχόντισμα),[1] also called Hercontroma or Herkontroma,[2][3] was a settlement in ancient Macedon[4] near the border of Thrace[2] on the coast and on the Via Egnatia, 8 or 9 miles (13 to 15 km) eastward of Neapolis (modern Kavala), on a pass of the same name.[5] Its site has been identified with remains about 2 miles (3 km) east of Nea Karvali.[6][3]

An account describing the political consolidation of ancient Macedon identified Acontisma as an outpost located at the easternmost limit of the Macedonian territory.[7] During the Roman times, Acontisma was also the eastern boundary of the province of Macedonia.[7] This settlement, which was some sources described as a mountain pass[8] and a border passage, was included in one of Trajan's inscription citing road repairs.[9]

References

  1. [1]
    Hierocles. Synecdemus. Vol. 640.
  2. [2]
    Gustav Hirschfeld: Akontisma.(in German) In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Vol. I,1, Stuttgart 1893, col. 1185.
  3. [3]
    Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 51, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  4. [4]
    Antonine Itinerary
  5. [5]
    Ammianus Marcellinus. Res Gestae - The Later Roman Empire (AD 354–378). Vol. 27.4.
  6. [6]
    Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  7. [7]
    Roisman, Joseph; Worthington, Ian (2011). A Companion to Ancient Macedonia. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. p. 333. ISBN 9781444351637.
  8. [8]
    den Boeft, J; Drijvers, J.W.; den Hengst, D.; Teitler, H.C. (2009). Ammianus Marcellinus. Leiden: BRILL. p. 88. ISBN 9789004180376.
  9. [9]
    Boeft, J. Den; Drijvers, J.W.; den Hengst, D.; Teitler, H.C. (2008). Philological and historical commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus: XXVI. Leiden: BRILL. pp. 202. ISBN 9789004162129.

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


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