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date: 23 May 2025

Halmyros 

Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
Author(s):
Timothy E. GregoryTimothy E. Gregory

(Ἁλμυρός, name derived from the salt-flats in the area), commonly known as the “Two Halmyroi” because of its double fortified citadels, city in central Greece on the Pagasitic Gulf south of modern Volos. It is identified with modern Tsingeli and Kephalosis near ancient Halos. In late antiquity an agricultural settlement is attested at nearby Aidonion, with oil and wine presses (N. Nikonanos, ... ...

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