Oropos

settlement · 750 BC – 2099 AD

Oropos was an ancient settlement and port located on the border between Boeotia and Attica; the bulk of its Hellenistic - Roman remains are thought to underlie the modern village of Skala Oropou. Oropos was source of ongoing disputes in antiquity. Colonists from Eretria founded Oropos.

Coordinates

38.31998, 23.79020

Also known as

Skala Oropou (el), Σκάλα Ωρωπού (el), Ὠρωπὸς (grc)

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)

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