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Asine

Ancient city · Greece

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
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Population
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Coordinates
36.668, 22.500
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: ancient town in the Laconia region of Greece

History

Asine was a town of ancient Laconia on the Mani Peninsula. According to Strabo, it was situated between the towns of "Amathus" and Gythium, near modern Skoutari. Asine was often under Spartan control.

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