Messenia meaning

mĭ-sē'nē-ə, -sēn'yə
An ancient region of southwest Greece in the Peloponnesus on the Ionian Sea. It fought a series of wars against Sparta c. 736 to 371 bc . The Romans conquered the area in 146 bc .
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Ancient region in the SW Peloponnesus bordering on the Ionian Sea.
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Department of modern Greece in the same general area.
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Messenia Sentence Examples

  • On his brother's murder he fled to Messenia (241 B.C.).

  • St Elias or Pentedaktylon), the highest mountain ridge in the Peloponnese, separating Laconia from Messenia.

  • KALAMATA (officially Kaaaµae, from an ancient town near the site), chief town of the modern Greek nomarchy of Messenia in the Morea, situated on the left bank of the Nedon, about m.

  • of Sparta; the Achaean conquerors, however, probably contented themselves with a suzerainty over Laconia and part of Messenia and were too few to occupy the whole land.

  • ARISTODEMUS (8th century B.C.), semi-legendary ruler of Messenia in the time of the first Messenian War.

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