Doliche ( Greek: Δολίχη) [1] was an ancient Greek city and polis (city-state) in Perrhaebia in Thessaly, situated at the foot of Mount Olympus. [2] Doliche, with the two neighbouring towns of Azorus and Pythion (Pythium), formed a Tripolis.
During the Roman–Seleucid War, the Tripolis was ravaged by an army of the Aetolian League in the year 191 BCE. [3] During the Third Macedonian War the three towns surrendered to the army of Perseus of Macedon in the year 171 BCE, [4] but that same year the Romans reconquered the three. [5] In the year 169 BCE troops arrived from the Roman consul Quintus Marcius Philippus who camped between Azorus and Doliche. [6] [7]
The three cities minted a common coin with the inscription "ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤΑΝ". [8]
The site is occupied by the modern town of Dolichi; [9] [10] when William Martin Leake visited the site in the 19th century, he found two fragments of Doric columns 2 feet 8 inches (81 cm) in diameter in a ruined church, and a sepulchral stone in the burying-ground, together with some squared blocks. [11]
Doliche ( Greek: Δολίχη) [1] was an ancient Greek city and polis (city-state) in Perrhaebia in Thessaly, situated at the foot of Mount Olympus. [2] Doliche, with the two neighbouring towns of Azorus and Pythion (Pythium), formed a Tripolis.
During the Roman–Seleucid War, the Tripolis was ravaged by an army of the Aetolian League in the year 191 BCE. [3] During the Third Macedonian War the three towns surrendered to the army of Perseus of Macedon in the year 171 BCE, [4] but that same year the Romans reconquered the three. [5] In the year 169 BCE troops arrived from the Roman consul Quintus Marcius Philippus who camped between Azorus and Doliche. [6] [7]
The three cities minted a common coin with the inscription "ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤΑΝ". [8]
The site is occupied by the modern town of Dolichi; [9] [10] when William Martin Leake visited the site in the 19th century, he found two fragments of Doric columns 2 feet 8 inches (81 cm) in diameter in a ruined church, and a sepulchral stone in the burying-ground, together with some squared blocks. [11]