Aeginium

Aeginium

Αἰγίνιον
View of Kalambaka, modern city on the spot of Aeginium. The bump in the upper right is the Rock of Great Saint. The Church of Saint John Prodrome is in the dense settlement below it. In the far distance is the Peneius River, flowing down from the right. Upstream is the pass from Epirus outflanking the Vale of Tempe as an entrance into Thessaly from Macedonia.
Map showing ancient Thessaly. Aeginium is to the upper left. The ranges bordering Macedonia are at the top. The Vale of Tempe conducting the Peneios enters the gulf on the northeast coast between Mounts Ossa and Olympus.
Coordinates	39°42′32″N 21°37′39″E / 39.70892°N 21.62745°E / 39.70892; 21.62745
Part of	Kalambaka
Site notes
Condition	Fragmentary

Aeginium (Latin) or Aiginion (Ancient Greek: Αἰγίνιον) was an ancient Greek settlement in the northwest of Thessaly. By the 19th century, evidence of its existence had been reduced to scant mention in several literary fragments from the encyclopedic classical authors: Strabo, Livy, Ptolemy, Pliny the Elder, Stephanus of Byzantium.^[1] It appeared to have been troublesome to the Roman Republic. Julius Caesar said it was "over against Thessaly." Strabo said it was at "the confluence of the Ion River with the Peneus, which was in Thessaly. Pliny the Elder said it was in Pieria, but he didn't say which. Ptolemy gave coordinates, but his coordinates produce a map that is grossly distorted. In short, no one knew any longer where Aeginium had been, or how long it had been there. The same case was true of Agassae, which seemed to be equally troublesome to Rome.