Side (Laconia)
Ancient city · Greece
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 36.478, 23.145
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient town of Laconia, Greece
History
Side was a town on the eastern coast of ancient Laconia, a little north of the promontory Malea. It was said to have existed before the Dorian conquest, and to have derived its name from a daughter of Danaus. The inhabitants were removed by the Dorian conquerors to the neighbouring town of Boeae.