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Berroea
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Berroea

Ancient city · Greece

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
40.517, 22.200
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: ancient city and archaeological site in Macedonia

History

Beroea was an ancient city of the Hellenistic period and Roman Empire now known as Veria in Macedonia, Northern Greece. It is a small city on the eastern side of the Vermio Mountains north of Mount Olympus. The capital, or headquarters, of the Macedonian koinon was the city of Beroia. The town is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as a place in which the apostles Paul, Silas and Timothy preached the Christian Gospel.

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