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Dragmus

Coordinates: 35°10′49″N 26°09′21″E / 35.180193°N 26.155894°E / 35.180193; 26.155894
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Dragmus or Dragmos (Greek: Δράγμος) was a town of ancient Crete.[1] An inscription of Itanus is preserved showing the borders between Itanus and Dragmus, from which it is deduced that the territory of Dragmus had been absorbed by the city of Praesus.[2] The terminus post quem of the absorption is situated around the years 270-260 BCE.[1]

Its site is tentatively located near modern Kastri, Koutsoulopetres.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Crete". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 1168. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  2. ^ Ángel Martínez-Fernández, Sobre el empleo de algunas preposiciones en el dialecto cretense. V, p.97. (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 60, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  4. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

35°10′49″N 26°09′21″E / 35.180193°N 26.155894°E / 35.180193; 26.155894