Macra Come or Makra Kome ( grc, Μακρά κώμη) was a fortress mentioned by
Livy
Titus Livius (; 59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy ( ), was a Ancient Rome, Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, titled , covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditiona ...
along with
Sperchiae
Sperchiae or Sperchiai ( grc, Σπέρχεια) or Spercheiae or Spercheiai (Σπερχείαι) was a fortress in Ainis in ancient Thessaly, which, according to the description of Livy, would seem to have been situated at no great distance from th ...
in
Ainis
Ainis (Ancient Greek Αἰνίς, , Modern Greek Αινίδα, ) or Aeniania, was a region of ancient Greece located near Lamia in modern Central Greece, roughly corresponding to the upper Valley of Spercheios.
Name
The region takes its name fro ...
, in
ancient Thessaly. It may have been a town of the
Aenianes
Ainis (Ancient Greek Αἰνίς, , Modern Greek Αινίδα, ) or Aeniania, was a region of ancient Greece located near Lamia in modern Central Greece, roughly corresponding to the upper Valley of Spercheios.
Name
The region takes its name fro ...
.
Its site is at a place called
Varybopi in modern-day
Makrakomi
Makrakomi ( el, Μακρακώμη) is a town and a municipality in the western part of the Phthiotis regional unit, in Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Spercheiada.
Geography
Makrakomi is built on the southern slopes of Western O ...
.
References
Populated places in ancient Thessaly
Former populated places in Greece
Ainis
{{AncientThessaly-geo-stub