Phaestus (Thessaly)

Map showing ancient Thessaly. Phaestus is shown in the centre north of Mt. Titanus.

Phaestus or Phaestos or Phaistos (Ancient Greek: Φαιστός) was a town of ancient Thessaly in the district Pelasgiotis, a little to the right of the Peneius. It was taken by the Roman praetor Marcus Baebius Tamphilus in 191 BCE.[1]

  1. ^ Livy. Ab urbe condita Libri [History of Rome]. Vol. 36.13.