Gazoros

Gazoros Γάζωρος
Community
Gazoros
Coordinates: 41°01′30″N 23°46′30″E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Serres
Municipality	Nea Zichni
Municipal unit	Nea Zichni
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	912
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Gazoros or Gazorus (Greek: Γάζωρος) was a town mentioned by Ptolemy to be in the region of Edonis or Odomantike[2] and also by inscriptions of Hellenistic and Roman times.[3] Later in the 4th century BC, it was annexed to the Macedonian kingdom and made a polis[4][5] under Philip II of Macedon or the Antigonids.[6] Artemis Gazoria or Gazoreitis was worshiped all over the region till Roman times.

In the imperial times, according to epigraphic evidences, Gazoros was a member of a federation of five cities ("Pentapolis") that had its seat in the ancient city of Sirra (today Serres).[7]

According to archeologist Wittek-de-Jong, Zichni became the new feudal center of the ancient Gazoros and it was a land ownership of the Byzantine aristocratc family of Angels, so Siderokastron was for the Komnenos family. Ruins of the medieval castle and village of Zichni are in the background hills of Gazoros.

Gazoros is located in Greece[8] 3 km to the east of the modern village with the same name,[9] on the hill of "Haghios Athanasios".[10][11] The modern town Gazoros is part of the municipality Nea Zichni, in the Serres regional unit of Central Macedonia.

See also

List of settlements in the Serres regional unit

References

1. "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
2. Classical philology, Tomes 42-43 by JSTOR (Organization),University of Chicago Press. Journals Division,1947,page 94,
3. Dimitrios C. Samsaris, La vallée du Bas-Strymon á l’ époque impériale (Contribution épigraphique á la topographie, l’ onomastique, l’ histoire et aux cultes de la province romaine de Macédoine), Dodona 18 (1989), fasc. 1, p. 275-279, n. 111-117 = The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 111, # PH150750)The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 112, # PH150752)The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 113, # PH150753)The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 114, # PH150754)The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 115, # PH150755)The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 116, # PH150756)The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 117, # PH150757)
4. Supplementum epigraphicum graecum [SEG], Τόμος 32 by H. W. Pleket,R. S. Stroud,page 187,inscriptions from this place which show that Gazoros was an independent polis
5. Ancient Greek Laws: A Sourcebook by Il Arnaoutoglou,1998,page 56 &Glossary
6. An inventory of archaic and classical poleis,page 857
7. [1] Archived 2017-04-24 at the Wayback Machine Dimitrios C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 129-131. ISBN 960-7265-16-5.
8. Barrington atlas of the Greek and Roman world, Τόμοι 1-2 by Richard J. A. Talbert,2000,ISBN 0691049459,page 753
9. Macedonian institutions under the kings by Miltiadēs B. Hatzopoulos,page 51,at the site of ancient Gazoros, 3 km to the east of the modern village of that name
10. [2] Archived 2017-04-24 at the Wayback Machine Dimitrios C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 130. ISBN 960-7265-16-5.
11. [3] Archived 2018-06-24 at the Wayback Machine Dimitrios C. Samsaris, A history of Serres (in the Ancient and Roman times), Thessaloniki 1999, p. 73-74 (Website of Municipality of Serres)