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“The Aegean sea washes Greece on two sides: first, the side that faces towards the east and stretches from Sunium, towards the north as far as the Thermaean Gulf and Thessaloniceia, a Macedonian city...; and secondly, the side that faces towards the south, I mean the Macedonian country, extending from Thessaloniceia as far as the Strymon.”

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Strabo, a renowned Greek geographer, was born in 65 BC and died in 1 BC. His work, 'Geography', is a significant literary work in the field of ancient geography, which has had a profound impact on the development of geography as a discipline. more

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