AIGINION
Thessaly, Greece.
A town on the
border between Thessaly and Epeiros; according to
Strabo, it belonged to the Tymphaei. It appears several
times in Livy's account of the Macedonian War, where
it is described as secure and almost impregnable; it was
destroyed by the Romans in 167 B.C. Subsequently, in the
Civil Wars, Caesar joined Domitius Calvinus there before
marching on Pompey at Pharsalus. The ancient town has
been identified with Kalabaka, where there are no ancient remains; the literary sources are more easily reconciled with the Rock of the Goat N of the modern village of Nea Koutsoufliani. This small site is surrounded
by cliffs, and retains traces of a tower and rubble walls
faced with squared stone blocks. A modern road to the
E of the acropolis has cut through a group of pithos and
cist burials.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Strab. 7.7.9;
Livy 32.15; Caes.
BCiv.
3.79; N.G.L. Hammond,
Epirus (1967)
M. Also:
Livy
36.13; 44.46; 45.27;
Plin. 4.10.17§33; Ptol. 3.13,44.
M. H. MCALLISTER
