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Gazoros or Gazorus (Greek: ) was a town mentioned by Ptolemy to be in the region of Edonis or Odomantike〔Classical philology, Tomes 42-43 by JSTOR (Organization),University of Chicago Press. Journals Division,1947,page 94,〕 and also by inscriptions of Hellenistic and Roman times.〔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. 275-279, n. 111-117〕 Later in the 4th century BC, it was annexed to the Macedonian kingdom and made a polis〔Supplementum epigraphicum graecum (), Τόμος 32 by H. W. Pleket,R. S. Stroud,page 187,inscriptions from this place which show that Gazoros was an independent polis〕〔Ancient Greek Laws: A Sourcebook by Il Arnaoutoglou,1998,page 56 &Glossary〕 under Phillip II of Macedon or the Antigonids.〔(An inventory of archaic and classical poleis,page 857 )〕 Artemis Gazoria or Gazoreitis was worshiped all over the region till Roman times. In the imperial times, according to epigraphic evidences, Gazoros was a member of a federation of five cities (''"Pentapolis"'') that had its seat in the ancient city of ''Sirra'' (today Serres).〔D. C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 129-131〕 Gazoros is currently located in Greece〔Barrington atlas of the Greek and Roman world, Τόμοι 1-2 by Richard J. A. Talbert,2000,ISBN-0691049459,page 753〕 3 km to the east of the modern village with the same name,〔Macedonian institutions under the kings by Miltiadēs B. Hatzopoulos,page 51,at the site of ancient Gazoros, 3 km to the east of the modern village of that name〕on the hill of "Haghios Athanasios".〔D. C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 130〕 The modern town Gazoros is part of the municipality Nea Zichni, in the Serres regional unit. ==References== *(Greek Travel Pages ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gazoros」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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