Malloea

Malloea or Maloea or Mallaea or Malloia (Ancient Greek: Μαλλοία) was a town and polis (city-state)[1] of southern Perrhaebia in ancient Thessaly. It is quoted by Livy that the town surrendered to the army of Aetolian League in 200 BCE.[2] Again, during the Roman-Seleucid War, it was seized by an army of Aetolians under Menippus in 191 BCE.[3] and shortly afterward it was attacked by the army of Philip V of Macedon. Upon the arrival of Roman troops, who were then allies of Philip, Malloea surrendered.[4] In 185 BCE, the Perrhaebians requested the return of Malloea, Ericinium and Gonnocondylum, which Philip had re-named Olympias.[5] In 171 BCE, during the Third Macedonian War, the town was taken and looted by the Romans.[6]

Map showing ancient Thessaly. Malloea is shown to the upper centre near Mylae.

The site of Malloea is at the paleokastro (old fort) near Margara, a site in the community of Sykia.[7][8]

References
  1. Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 724. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  2. Livy. Ab Urbe Condita Libri (History of Rome). 31.41.
  3. Livy. Ab Urbe Condita Libri (History of Rome). 36.10.
  4. Livy. Ab Urbe Condita Libri (History of Rome). 36.13.
  5. Livy. Ab Urbe Condita Libri (History of Rome). 39.25.
  6. Livy. Ab Urbe Condita Libri (History of Rome). 42.67.
  7. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying.
  8. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Mallaea". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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