Heracleium or Herakleion (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλειον) was a city on the south coast of ancient Pieria, Macedon, between Phila and Leibethra. During Peloponnesian war it passed into Athenian control in the years 430/29, 425/4 and 421 BCE. After Athenian alliance with Perdiccas II in 413 BCE it became again a city of Macedon.

Heracleium
Ἡράκλειον
Probable location of Herakleion at Fort Platamon. It controlled the mouth of the Vale of Tempe, the one easiest way over Mount Olympus from Macedon to Thessaly. It was, however, outflanked by more precipitous ways.
Map of Macedon
Coordinates39°58′N 22°38′E / 39.97°N 22.64°E / 39.97; 22.64

The site of Heracleium is near the modern Platamon.[1][2]

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  1. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 50, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  2. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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