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Side (Ainis)

Coordinates: 38°56′25″N 22°22′18″E / 38.94018°N 22.3717°E / 38.94018; 22.3717
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38°56′25″N 22°22′18″E / 38.94018°N 22.3717°E / 38.94018; 22.3717 Side (Ancient Greek: Σίδη) was a place on the border between the two cities of Lamia and Hypata, in Ainis in ancient Thessaly. It is mentioned only in a boundary adjudication inscription of the Hadrianic period, CIL 3.586.[1]

Its site is identified with an ancient fortress on a hill near Lygaria (Lygaria was, until 1920, called Tsopalades) in Phthiotida regional unit.[2]

References

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  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. 684. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  2. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.