Messenia (Ancient Greek: Μεσσηνία) was an ancient district of the southwestern Peloponnese, more or less overlapping the modern Messenia region of Greece...

southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, in Greece. Until the implementation of the Kallikratis plan on 1 January 2011, Messenia was a prefecture (nomos) covering...

regions of ancient Greece were sub-divisions of the Hellenic world as conceived by the ancient Greeks, shown by their presence in the works of ancient historians...

first and second Messenian wars, Sparta subjugated the neighbouring region of Messenia, enserfing the population. In the sixth century, Greek city-states...

the Gulf of Messenia. The site is highly defensible and yet off the main road; in this case, the Kalamata-Pylos road. Like most ancient names the etymology...

Messini), officially Ancient Messene, is a local community within the regional unit (perifereiaki enotita) of Messenia in the region (perifereia) of Peloponnese...

then south Mount Parthenius. To the south, the borders with Laconia and Messenia ran through the foothills of the Parnon and Taygetos mountain ranges, such...

in southern Greece Kalamai (Messenia), a town of ancient Messenia, Greece Kalamai, Uganda, a village in Teso sub-region, Uganda This disambiguation page...

verbal austerity and blunt, often pithy remarks. Laconia is bordered by Messenia to the west and Arcadia to the north and is surrounded by the Myrtoan Sea...

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of ancient Lesbos, Greece Eira (Messenia), or Ira, an ancient town of Messenia, Greece Eira, Messenia or Ira, a municipality in northern Messenia, Greece...

Roman Senate responded by inciting the Aetolian League, Sparta, Elis, Messenia, and Attalus I (r. 241–197 BC) of Pergamon to wage war against Philip V...

This is an incomplete list of ancient Greek cities, including colonies outside Greece, and including settlements that were not sovereign poleis. Many...

historically also known as Navarino, is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been...

Venetian) on the western coast of Messenia on the Ionian Sea, in present-day Greece. It was called Coryphasium (Ancient Greek: Κορυφάσιον). The headland...

Ithomatas, whose sanctuary was located at the peak of Mount Ithome in Messenia. There was also an oracle there, the base of whose tripod is embedded in...

10 Cavanagh, William (2018). "An Archaeology of Ancient Sparta with Reference to Laconia and Messenia". A COMPANION TO SPARTA. Vol. 1. Hoboken USA: Wiley...

Messenian War was a war which occurred ca. 660–650 BC between the Ancient Greek states of Messenia and Sparta, with localized resistance possibly lasting until...

of the municipality was in Diavolitsi. Anciently, Andania (Ancient Greek: Ἀνδανία) was a town of ancient Messenia, and was the capital of the kings of the...

The First Messenian War was a war between Messenia and Sparta. It began in 743 BC and ended in 724 BC, according to the dates given by Pausanias. The war...

Chora is a small town in the western part of Messenia, in the Peloponnese region of southern Greece. With a population of 2,609 inhabitants as of 2021...

archaeological site in Oichalia, a municipality in the northeastern part of Messenia, Greece. In classical antiquity, it was part of Arcadia. Bassae lies near...

Alagonia was an ancient town of Messenia, south-east of Gerenia: north-east of which there was a temple of Bacchus and another of Minerva. Rees, Abraham...

Corinthia (northeast), Argolis (east), Arcadia (center), Laconia (southeast), Messenia (southwest), and Elis (west). Each of these regions is headed by a city...

by the tunnel east of Megalopolis; both serve traffic flowing between Messenia and Athens. Arcadia Portal | The news site of Arcadia tyrostsakonia.gr...

located in either Messenia or in Triphylia, in ancient Elis. According to Strabo it was situated at the river Hypsoeis, in a region called Macistia, and...

This is also the ancient Greek name of a small island off Naples, site of the Castel dell'Ovo. Megaris (Ancient Greek: Μεγαρίς) was a small but populous...

or Modon (Venetian: Modon), is a village and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part...

refer to: Thuria (Messenia), a town of ancient Messenia, Greece Thuria, Messenia, a modern town in Greece taking its name from the ancient town Thuria, the...

Peloponnese, bounded on the north by Achaea, east by Arcadia, south by Messenia, and west by the Ionian Sea. Over the course of the archaic and classical...