Bryanium

Bryanium or Bryanion (Ancient Greek: Βρυάνιον) was a town of ancient Macedonia, in the district Deuriopus in Paeonia.[1][2] Stephanus of Byzantium erroneously calls it a town of Epirus.[3]

The site of Bryanium is tentatively located near the modern Graište, North Macedonia.[4][5]

References

  1. Livy. Ab Urbe Condita Libri (History of Rome). 31.39.
  2. Strabo. Geographica. vii. p.327. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
  4. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 49, and directory notes accompanying.
  5. 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). "Bryanium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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