Larisa (ancient city)

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Larisa was an important ancient Greek city in the region of Thessaly, known as a political and cultural center of the area.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek city
polis
connectedBy ancient road network of Thessaly
coordinateApprox 39.64°N 22.42°E
country Greek Antiquity
surface form: "Ancient Greece"
currencyUsed Thessalian coinage
flourishedInPeriod Classical period of Ancient Greece
Hellenistic period
Roman period
governedBy Thessalians
surface form: "Thessalian aristocracy"
hadBuilding acropolis
agora
theater
hadFortifications city walls
hadInstitution local council (boule)
popular assembly (ekklesia)
hasArchaeologicalSite remains beneath modern Larissa
hasModernSuccessor Larissa
inhabitedBy Thessalians
knownFor cultural activities
political influence in Thessaly
strategic location in the Thessalian plain
languageUsed Ancient Greek
locatedIn Thessaly
central Greece
locatedInValley Thessaly
surface form: "Thessalian plain"
locatedOnRiver Pineios River
surface form: "Peneus River"
mentionedBy Herodotus
Livy
Strabo
Thucydides
modernCountry Greece
partOf Thessalian League
politicalRole center of Thessalian federal institutions
politicalStatus regional hegemon in Thessaly
regionType Thessalian city-state
religion Ancient Greek religion
servedAs cultural center of Thessaly
political center of Thessaly
subregion Pelasgiotis
timeInhabitedFrom at least Archaic period
timeInhabitedUntil late antiquity
wasCapitalOf Thessaly

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Thessaly containsCity Larisa (ancient city)

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