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Ávdira (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 40 55 58 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.9337 decimal degrees |
| Long: 024 58 22 E degrees minutes |
Long: 24.9733 decimal degrees |
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Note: Mythical founding was associated with 8th labor of Herakles; destroyed by Thracians 6th cen. BCE, rebuilt by Ionians; captured by Philip II of Macedon 352 BCE; sacked by Romans & declined during Imperial times; rebuilt as a Byzantine town in 6th cen. CE. |
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| Ávdira (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Abdera (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Advira (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Ávdhira (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Ábdēra (C,V)
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| Avdera (C,V)
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| Avdhira (C,V)
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| Avdira (C,V)
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| Ἄβδηρα (C,V,Greek,U)
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| Abdera Thraciae (C,V)
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| Paralía Avdhíron (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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Xánthi (regional division) (P) |
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Ávdira (deserted settlement) (P,U) |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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probably founded ca. 655 BCE, again founded in 7th cen. CE |
| ruins (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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| town (H) |
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| Ionian (H) |
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Ávdira .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Greece, Region of East Macedonia - Thrace, Xánthi regional division) [7594362] |
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