38°55′22″N 22°01′58″E / 38.922808°N 22.03278°E / 38.922808; 22.03278 Sperchiae or Sperchiai (Ancient Greek: Σπέρχεια) or Spercheiae or Spercheiai (Σπερχείαι)^[1] was a fortress in Ainis in ancient Thessaly, which, according to the description of Livy, would seem to have been situated at no great distance from the sources of the Spercheius.^[2] Ptolemy mentions a place Spercheia between Echinus and Thebes in Phthiotis;^[3] and Pliny the Elder places Sperchios in Doris.^[4] William Smith concludes it probable that these three names indicate the same place.^[5] Livy relates that the place was destroyed by the Aetolians in 198 BCE.^[2]

Sperchiae's site is at a place called Kastrorakhi.^[6][7]

1. ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 684. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
2. ^ ^{a b} Livy. Ab urbe condita Libri [History of Rome]. Vol. 32.13.
3. ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 3.13.17.
4. ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Book 4.7.13.
5. ^  Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Sperchiae". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
6. ^ Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
7. ^ 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). "Sperchiae". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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