The remains of the treasury house at Messene. See description for more info.

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The "treasury house" of Messene (as it is called in literary sources) once served as a prison for Philopoimen of Megalopolis, a general of the Achaean League. He was imprisoned here in 183/82 BC, until the Messenian general Deinokrates ordered that he be poisoned.

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Location: Messene, Greece.
Photo credit: © Erin Babnik / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: achaean, ancient, archaeological, archaeology, archeological, archeology, architecture, general, greek, house, league, messene, messenia, philopoimen, prison, ruin, ruins, treasury