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Thessalonike (settlement)

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a city in Thessaly

Names

  • Greek: Θέρμη, Θέρμης, Θέρμῃ, Θέρμην = Thermē, Thermēs, Thermē, Thermēn 1
  • Greek: Θεσσαλονίκην = Thessalonikēn 2
  • Hebrew: סלוסיקי = SLWSYQY 3
  • Syriac: ܬܐܣܠܘܢܝܩܝ = TʾSLWNYQY 4

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Event mentioned by Laonikos Chalkokondyles. 1-2 before 14641464-1468mid-late 15th C2014
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela 3 before c.1170c.117313th C1907
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian 4 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Thessalonike: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 1.30, 49, 51, 54, 55; 2.10, 49; 4.7, 9, 11, 45, 47; 5.21-22; 6.54; 8.73 [Greek with English translation].
  • 2Thessalonike: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 1.49 [Greek with English translation].
  • 3Salonica: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 18 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 4Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 159 [Syriac].
    • Thessalonique: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 306, 307; II, 445 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Thessalonike” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/16085.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; place categorization; abstract; categorization, matching, Greek collection and transliteration from Chalkokondyles' history; Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue; and categorization, matching, Syriac collection and transliteration from Michael's chronicle
  • Josh Kuch: categorization from Chalkokondyles' history
  • Liran Yadgar: categorization, matching, Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
  • Jessica Mutter: categorization, matching from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: categorization from Michael's chronicle
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