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Dyme
Kato Achaia · Κάτω Αχαΐα
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Dyme, near Kato Achaia in Greece, was the westernmost of the twelve old cities of Achaea, and the Greek geographer Strabo says that is where the name came from, from the Greek word for the west. It had no harbour but lay on a sheltered plateau under the protection of a fortress. Pompey settled former pirates here, and the Roman writer Pliny calls it a colony. On the map it has no symbol, unlike its neighbour Patrae, which later came to rule it, and the road line under its name has faded.
Fully based on scientific information from TP-Online (KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt). More on Wikipedia.
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