Demetrias (Magnesian)

settlement · 750 BC – 2099 AD

This ancient city, located near modern Volos in Thessaly, was founded by Demetrios Poliorketes in the third century BCE and abandoned in the 6th century CE. Continuous human activity in the area can be traced back at least as early as the Neolithic.

Coordinates

39.34348, 22.92403

Also known as

Archaia Dimitriada, Archaia Dimitrias, Demetrias, Volos, Bolos (el), Αρχαία Δημητριάδα, Αρχαία Δημητριάς, Βόλος (el)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
  © GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

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