Crannon

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Crannon was an ancient city of Thessaly in Greece, historically significant as a regional center in the Pelasgiotis district.

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Crannon canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
archaeological site
archaeologicalRemains fortification walls
inscriptions
tombs
continent Europe
country Greece
declinePeriod late antiquity
governedBy aristocratic families
hasCitizenshipEthnic Crannonian
hasEconomicBase agriculture
horse-breeding
hasFeature acropolis
surrounding plain
hasGreekName Κραννών
hasNotableFamily Scopadae
linked to: Spalauthra
hasRole regional center
hasStatus ruined city
hasStrategicImportance control of Thessalian plain
hasType city-state
historicalRegion Ancient Thessaly
linked to: Thessaly
inhabitedBy Thessalians
languageOfName Ancient Greek
locatedIn Pelasgiotis
Thessaly
ancient Thessaly
linked to: Thessaly

eastern Thessalian plain
linked to: eastern Thessaly
mentionedBy Livy
Pliny the Elder
Strabo
modernName Krannonas
near Larissa
modern Krannonas
participatedIn Thessalian politics
partOf Pelasgiotis district
Thessalian League
politicalOrganization city-state of Thessaly
politicalStatus polis
regionType Pelasgiotis
religion ancient Greek religion
subregionOf northern Thessaly
timePeriod Classical Greece
Hellenistic period
Roman period

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Pelasgiotis containsCity Crannon