Beroia in the context of "Mieza, Macedonia"

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⭐ Core Definition: Beroia

Veria (Greek: Βέροια or Βέρροια, romanized: Véroia or Vérroia; Aromanian: Veria), officially transliterated Veroia, historically also spelled Beroea or Berea, is a city in Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia, northern Greece, capital of the regional unit of Imathia. It is located 511 kilometres (318 miles) north-northwest of the capital Athens and 73 km (45 mi) west-southwest of Thessaloniki.

Even by the standards of Greece, Veria is an old city; first mentioned in the writings of Thucydides in 432 BC, there is evidence that it was populated as early as 1000 BC. Veria was an important possession for Philip II of Macedon (father of Alexander the Great) and later for the Romans. Apostle Paul famously preached in the city, and its inhabitants were among the first Christians in the Empire. Later, under the Byzantine and Ottoman empires, Veria was a center of Greek culture and learning. Today Veria is a commercial center of Central Macedonia, the capital of the regional unit of Imathia and the seat of a Church of Greece Metropolitan bishop in the Ecumenical Patriarchate, as well as a Latin Catholic titular see.

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👉 Beroia in the context of Mieza, Macedonia

Mieza (Ancient Greek: Μίεζα), "shrine of the Nymphs", was a town in ancient Macedonia, where Aristotle was said to have taught the boy Alexander the Great between 343 and 340 BCE. Ptolemy classifies Mieza among the cities of Emathia. Stephanus of Byzantium, on the other hand, deriving his information apparently from Theagenes, alludes to it as "τόπος Στρυμόνος", and adds that it was sometimes called Strymonium. The site where Mieza once stood is the modern Lefkadia, near the modern town Náousa, Imathia, Central Macedonia, Greece, and has been the subject of archeological excavations since 1954.

Mieza was named for Mieza, in ancient Macedonian mythology, the daughter of Beres and sister of Olganos and Beroia. It was the home of Alexander's companion Peucestas. Aristotle was hired by Alexander's father, Philip II of Macedon, to teach his son, and was given the Temple of the Nymphs as a classroom. In return, Philip re-built and freed the citizens of Stagira, Aristotle's hometown, which he had razed in a previous conquest across Greece and Macedon.

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Beroia in the context of Koinon of Macedonians

The League of the Macedonians and Koinon of Macedonia (Ancient Greek: Κοινὸν Μακεδόνων, romanized: Koinòn Makedónōn), was a confederationally-organized commonwealth institution regional state or koinon) consisting of all Macedonian communities united around a monarch. It can be paralleled from the Epirote League, but it seems that the Macedonian koinon had far less power than that of the Epirote Molossians. The capital, or headquarters, of the Macedonian koinon was the city of Beroia.

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← Koinon of Macedonians ← Mieza, Macedonia
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Greek language → Romanization of Greek → Aromanian language → Central Macedonia → Geographic regions of Greece → Macedonia (Greece) → Greece → Imathia → Athens → Thessaloniki → Thucydides → Philip II of Macedon → Alexander the Great → Roman Empire → Apostle Paul → Byzantine Empire → Ottoman Empire → Regional units of Greece → Church of Greece → Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople → Titular see →