Draviskos (Greek: Δραβήσκος) is a village in Serres regional unit, located 45 km southeast of the city of Serres. Since 2011 it is a municipal unit of the Municipality of Nea Zichni. Until 1926 it was named "Zdravik".
History
Antiquity
Just to the west of the present village, at the "Frangala" site, remains have been found (architectural members and inscriptions) of an ancient city, which is identified with the ancient Thracian city of Drabeskos in Edonis. The mention of the city by Strabo and Appian testifies to its existence in the Roman antiquity, since it was probably downgraded to a simple settlement (kome) depended administratively from the nearby Amphipolis.
References
- D. C. Samsaris, La vallée du Bas-Strymon á l’ époque impériale (Contribution épigraphique á la topographie, l’ onomastique, l’ histoire et aux cultes de la province romaine de Macédoine), Dodona 18(1989), fasc. 1, p. 291-293, nos. 144-149 = The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 144/145, # PH150786)The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 146, # PH150787)The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 147, # PH150788)The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 148, # PH150789)The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 149, # PH150790)
- Archived 2017-04-24 at the Wayback Machine D. C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 141-143. ISBN 960-7265-16-5
Sources
- Fotić, Aleksandar (2019). "Coping with Extortion on a Local Level: The Case of Hilandarʹs Metochion in Zdravikion (Draviskos, Strymon Region) in the Sixteenth Century" (PDF). Balcanica. 50: 73–83. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
40°55′25″N 23°52′15″E / 40.92361°N 23.87083°E / 40.92361; 23.87083
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