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ID: 7010893
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010893
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Lamía (inhabited place)  Lamía (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 38 54 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 38.9000  decimal degrees
Long: 022 26 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 22.4333  decimal degrees

Note: Was chief city of Malis region in ancient times; became an ally of Athens; was besieged by Macedonian General Antipater in 4th cen. BC, giving its name to the Lamian War; was destroyed by Romans in 192 BC; belonged to medieval Frankish dukes of Athens.

Names:
Lamía (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
Lamia (C,V)
Zeitun (H,V)
Zituni (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Greece (nation)  ........  Greece (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Region of Central Greece (region (administrative division))  ............  Region of Central Greece (region (administrative division)) (P,U)
Hierarchy of Phthiotis (regional division)  ................  Phthiotis (regional division) (P)
Hierarchy of Lamía (inhabited place)  ....................  Lamía (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  probably founded in 5th cen. BC
town (C)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Lamía..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 108
Lamia..........  [GRLPSC, VP]
..............  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 500
..............  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
Zeitun..........  [GRLPSC]
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
Zituni..........  [GRLPSC]
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
Subject: .....  [GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 500
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -822012
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 108
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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