BEROEAbe-re'-a (Beroia or Berroia):(1) A town of southwestern Macedonia, in the district of Emathia. It lay at the foot of Mt. Bermius, on a tributary of the Haliacmon, and seems to have been an ancient town, though the date of its foundation is uncertain. A passage in Thucydides (i.61) relating to the year 432 B.C. probably refers to another place of the sa... View Details
THESSALONICAthes-a-lo-ni'-ka (Thessalonike, ethnic Thessalonikeus):1. Position and Name:One of the chief towns of Macedonia from Hellenistic times down to the present day. It lies in 40 degrees 40 minutes North latitude, and 22 degrees 50 minutes East longitude, at the northernmost point of the Thermaic Gulf (Gulf of Salonica), a short distance to the East o... View Details