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Bryanium

Coordinates: 41°14′27″N 21°13′09″E / 41.24083°N 21.21909°E / 41.24083; 21.21909
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Bryanium
Βρυάνιον
Countryside of North Macedonia in which Bryanium was placed.
Coordinates41°14′27″N 21°13′09″E / 41.24083°N 21.21909°E / 41.24083; 21.21909

Bryanium or Bryanion (Ancient Greek: Βρυάνιον) was a town of ancient Macedonia, in the district Deuriopus in Paeonia.[1][2] Stephanus of Byzantium erroneously calls it a town of Epirus.[3]

The site of Bryanium is tentatively located near the modern-day village of Graište, North Macedonia.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Livy. Ab urbe condita Libri [History of Rome]. Vol. 31.39.
  2. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. vii. p.327. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  4. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 49, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  5. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

Source

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Bryanium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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