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Maccarae

Coordinates: 39°12′26″N 22°27′33″E / 39.207271°N 22.459145°E / 39.207271; 22.459145
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Maccarae or Makkarai (Ancient Greek: Μακκάραι) was a town in ancient Thessaly in the territory of Pharsalus.[1][2]

It is tentatively located near the modern Arabises.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  2. ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 678. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  3. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  4. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

39°12′26″N 22°27′33″E / 39.207271°N 22.459145°E / 39.207271; 22.459145