Side ( grc, Σίδη) was a place on the border between the two cities of Lamia and Hypata, 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
Thessaly or Thessalia (Attic Greek: , ''Thessalía'' or , ''Thettalía'') was one of the traditional regions of Ancient Greece. During the Mycenaean period, Thessaly was known as Aeolia, a name that continued to be used for one of the major tribes ...
. It is mentioned only in a boundary adjudication inscription of the Hadrianic period, CIL 3.586.
Its site is identified with an ancient fortress on a hill near Lygaria (Lygaria was, until 1920, called Tsopalades) in
Phthiotida regional unit.
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Populated places in ancient Thessaly
Former populated places in Greece
Ainis
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