Buchetium

Buchetium or Bouchetion (Ancient Greek: Βουχέτιον), or Buchaetium or Bouchaition (Βουχαίτιον), or Buchetum or Boucheton (Βουχετόν), or Bucheta or Boucheta (Βούχετα), was a city of the Cassopaei in ancient Thesprotia, a little above sea.

Its site was occupied by the medieval settlement of Rogoi, near modern Nea Kerasounta.

References

  1. 1 2 Strabo. Geographica. Vol. vii. p.324. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. ↑ Polybius. The Histories. Vol. 22.9.
  3. ↑ Dem. de Halonn. § 32; Harpocrat. s. v.
  4. ↑ Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
  5. ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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

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