Antissa

settlement · 750 BC – 2100 AD

An ancient settlement on a promontory on the island of Lesbos sometimes referred to as "Ovriokastro". Antissa was destroyed by Roman forces in 166 BCE. The visible archaeological remains derive mostly from a later Genoese fortress.

Coordinates

39.29138, 26.01899

Also known as

Archaia Antissa, Ovriokastro (el), Ἄντισσα (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BY
  iDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
  © GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

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