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Sellasía (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 10 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.1667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 022 25 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 22.4167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Modern town on the site of an ancient town of Laconia; noted as scene of battle where king of Macedonia defeated the Spartans in 222 BCE. |
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| Sellasía (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Sellasia (C,V)
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| Selasiá (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Vrouliá (H,V,S,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Vrouliás (H,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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Peloponnese (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Laconia (regional division) (P) |
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Sellasía (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was ancient Laconian center |
| town (C) |
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| battlefield (H) |
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