Istasus Explained

Istasus or Istasos (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἴστασος) was a town of the Chalcidice in ancient Macedonia. It belonged to the Delian League since it appears in the tribute records of Athens for 422/1 BCE, where it had to pay a phoros of 500 drachmas.[1] It has been suggested that Istasus should be identified with another city that appears in another tribute register in Athens called Pistasus,[2] [1] a suggestion accepted by the editors of the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World.

Its site is unlocated.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen . An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. limited . 2004. Oxford University Press. New York. 0-19-814099-1. Thrace from Axios to Strymon. 837.
  2. http://epigraphy.packhum.org/inscriptions/main?url=oi%3Fikey%3D78%26bookid%3D4%26subregion%3D71 IG I³ 77, col V,16.