Buchetium

Buchetium or Bouchetion (Ancient Greek: Βουχέτιον), or Buchaetium or Bouchaition (Βουχαίτιον),^[1] or Buchetum or Boucheton (Βουχετόν),^[2] or Bucheta or Boucheta (Βούχετα),^[3] was a city of the Cassopaei in ancient Thesprotia, a little above the sea.^[1]

Its site was occupied by the medieval settlement of Rogoi, near modern Nea Kerasounta.^[4][5]

1. ^ ^{a b} Strabo. Geographica. Vol. vii. p.324. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
2. ^ Polybius. The Histories. Vol. 22.9.
3. ^ Dem. de Halonn. § 32; Harpocrat. s. v.
4. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 54, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
5. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Buchaetium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

39°09′22″N 20°50′53″E / 39.156°N 20.848°E / 39.156; 20.848

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