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Derriopos or Deuriopus (Strabo: Δευρίοπος Deuriopos; Stephanus of Byzantium: Δουρίοπος Douriopos) was a subdivision of Pelagonia,[1] in what is today North Macedonia. Its exact limits are unclear, but it is known that it contained lands around the river Crna (ancient Erigonus). Livy describes Derriopos as a region of Paionia, but also locates the Derriopian city of Styberra in Pelagonia.[1] This was because Pelagonia was used as a name for the westernmost part of Paionia, while the north-westernmost part of Pelagonia was referred to as Derriopos.[2] The towns Bryanium and Styberra, near today's Prilep, were located in Derriopos. According to Livy, Philip V of Macedon founded the city of Perseis in Derriopos, named after his eldest son, Perseus.[3]
After the defeat in the Battle of Pydna in 168 BCE, Macedonia was severely punished and reduced to a Roman province when also Perseis as a town must have been quickly renamed to Derriopos, to carry the same name as the whole region of Derriopos. There is a stone with inscription said to be found on the site of Styberra, erected there with the aim to commemorate a donation of 1500 denarii, by Philip, who was a politarch of Derriopos; that is, an elected governor of the town during the Roman province of Macedonia.[citation needed]
References
[edit source]- 1 2 Hatzopoulos 2020, p. 47.
- ↑ Hatzopoulos 2020, p. 48.
- ↑ Livy. Ab Urbe Condita, 39.53.
Bibliography
[edit source]- Hatzopoulos, M. B. (2020). Ancient Macedonia. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-11-071868-3.
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