Draviskos Explained

Draviskos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Δραβήσκος) is a village in Serres regional unit, located 45 km southeast of the city of Serres. Since 2011 it is a municipal unit of the Municipality of Nea Zichni. Until 1926 it was named "Zdravik".

History

Antiquity

Just to the west of the present village, at the "Frangala" site, remains have been found (architectural members and inscriptions) ^[1] of an ancient city, which is identified with the ancient Thracian city of Drabeskos in Edonis. The mention of the city by Strabo and Appian testifies to its existence in the Roman antiquity, since it was probably downgraded to a simple settlement (kome) depended administratively from the nearby Amphipolis. ^[2]

Sources

Fotić. Aleksandar. Coping with Extortion on a Local Level: The Case of Hilandarʹs Metochion in Zdravikion (Draviskos, Strymon Region) in the Sixteenth Century. Balcanica. 2019. 50. 73-83. 2021-12-12. 2021-12-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20211212004232/https://www.balcanica.rs/balcanica/uploaded/balcanica/balcanica%2050/04%20Aleksandar%20Fotic,%20Coping%20with%20Extortion%20on%20a%20Local%20Level%20The%20Case%20of%20Hilandar%20s%20Metochion.pdf. dead.

40.9236°N 23.8708°W

Notes and References

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. 291-293, nos. 144-149 = The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 144/145, # PH150786)The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 146, # PH150787)The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 147, # PH150788)The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 148, # PH150789)The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 149, # PH150790)
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