Poseidium Explained

Poseidium or Poseidion (grc|Ποσείδιον) was a town on the northeast coast of ancient Euboea. It belonged to the Delian League since it appears in the taxation registry of Athens of the year 425/4 BCE, where it had to pay a phoros of 100 drachmae.^[1] In the 2nd century BCE, Poseidium appears in another inscription where it had become a deme of Oreus.^{[2] [3]}

Its site is located near the Palaiokastro ("old fort/castle") of Vasilika.

References

38.9724°N 23.3666°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Inscriptiones Graecae . 2018-10-26 .
2. Web site: IG XII,9 1189. 20,28,39 . 2018-10-26 .
3. Book: Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen . An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. limited . 2004. Oxford University Press. New York. 0-19-814099-1. Euboia. 660.