Rhodountia

Rhodountia () was a fortified place at Phthiotis, Central Greece, possibly near today's Drakospilia.Map 55, Thessalia-Boeotia, Princeton University Press, p.829

It is mentioned by Strabo,Strabo, Geography, 9.4.13 LivyLivy, History of Rome,17-19 and Stephanus of Byzantium.Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, §R547.1

During the Battle of Thermopylae (191 BC), the Aetolians defended it against the Romans. The Roman troops under the command of Lucius Valerius Flaccus were not able to capture it.

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