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Stymbara (Macedonia)

Stymbara (Macedonia)

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Stymbara (Ancient Greek: Στύμβαρα),[1] also known as Stuberra (Στυβέρρα)[2] or Stubera,[3] was a town on the frontier of Macedonia, which is by some assigned to Deuriopus, and by others to Pelagonia, which in the campaign of 200 BCE was the third encampment of the consul Sulpicius during the First Macedonian War. It was also the scene of action during the Third Macedonian War.[4]

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The site of Stymbara is near the modern Čepigovo, in North Macedonia.[5][6]

References

  1. [1]
    Strabo. Geographica. Vol. vii. p.327. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. [2]
    Polybius. The Histories. Vol. 28.8.8.
  3. [3]
    Livy. Ab urbe condita Libri [History of Rome]. Vol. 31.39, 43.20, 43.22.
  4. [4]
    Livy. Ab urbe condita Libri [History of Rome]. Vol. 43.20.
  5. [5]
    Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 49, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  6. [6]
    Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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

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