Metropolis

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: W.M. Murray

Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott

Last modified Dec 20, 2022 07:34 PM — History

The modern village of Palaiomanina in the West Greek regional unit of Aetolia-Acarnania may be identifiable with "Metropolis," a settlement known from ancient sources.

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Canonical URI for this page:
http://3.22.44.247/places/531000

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
38.5525946, 21.2386758

Locations:

Associated Modern Locations:
- Less than certain: OSM location of modern village of Paleomanina (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Metropolis (Ancient Greek, 750 BC - 30 BC)

Metropolis makes connections with:

None

Metropolis receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement, settlement-modern

References:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 54 D4 Metropolis?

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Palaiomanina

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Suggested citation:
W.M. Murray, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Metropolis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <http://3.22.44.247/places/531000> [accessed: 04 July 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=http://3.22.44.247/places/531000 |title=Places: 531000 (Metropolis) |author=Murray, W. |accessdate=July 4, 2025 11:24 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}