Heracleium (Pieria)

Heracleium
Ἡράκλειον
	Probable location of Herakleion at Fort Platamon. It controlled the mouth of the Vale of Tempe, the one easiest way over Mount Olympus from Macedon to Thessaly. It was, however, outflanked by more precipitous ways.
	Map of Macedon
Coordinates	39°58′N 22°38′E / 39.97°N 22.64°E

Heracleium or Herakleion (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλειον) was a city on the south coast of ancient Pieria, Macedon, between Phila and Leibethra. During Peloponnesian war it passed into Athenian control in the years 430/29, 425/4 and 421 BCE. After Athenian alliance with Perdiccas II in 413 BCE it became again a city of Macedon.

The site of Heracleium is near the modern Platamon.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 50, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

Bibliography

The Athenian Tribute Lists [1] by Benjamin D. Meritt
An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis [2] By Mogens Herman Hansen, Thomas Heine Nielsen
Two Studies in Ancient Macedonian Topography - Page 46 by Miltiadēs V. Chatzopoulos, Louiza D. Loukopoulou
CNN Transcript: Archaeologists Discover Ancient Cities Under Mediterranean Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 50, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.

[2] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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