Thourion

natural · 30 BC – 300 AD

A hill in Boeotia located to the west of Chaeronea, Thourion is described by both Plutarch and Pausanias. The discovery of an inscribed trophy monument connected to the military campaigns of Lucius Cornelius Sulla in 86 BCE led to the identification of the site.

Coordinates

38.49900, 22.82400

Also known as

Θούριον (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)

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