Acontisma

Coordinates: 40°57′58″N 24°31′41″E / 40.966°N 24.528°E / 40.966; 24.528 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]

References

  1. ↑ Hierocles. Synecdemus. 640.
  2. 1 2 Gustav Hirschfeld: Akontisma.(in German) In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Volume I,1, Stuttgart 1893, col. 1185.
  3. 1 2 Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 51, and directory notes accompanying.
  4. ↑ Antonine Itinerary
  5. ↑ Ammianus Marcellinus. Res Gestae - The Later Roman Empire (AD 354–378). 27.4.
  6. ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 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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