. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . iliua sent some troopsagainst these fortresses and at the same time at-tacked the army of Antiochus in the pass. While THERMUM. 1163 the battle was going on in the pass, the Roman de-tachment, which had succeeded in taking Callidro-mum, appeared upon the heights, threatening thekings rear, in consequence of which Antiochus im-mediately took to flight (Liv. xxxvi. 15—19.)There are still remainsof three Hellenic fortressesupon the heights above Thermopylae, which probably:it the three places mentioned by Livy. AppianI 7) speaks only of Callidromum and
. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . iliua sent some troopsagainst these fortresses and at the same time at-tacked the army of Antiochus in the pass. While THERMUM. 1163 the battle was going on in the pass, the Roman de-tachment, which had succeeded in taking Callidro-mum, appeared upon the heights, threatening thekings rear, in consequence of which Antiochus im-mediately took to flight (Liv. xxxvi. 15—19.)There are still remainsof three Hellenic fortressesupon the heights above Thermopylae, which probably:it the three places mentioned by Livy. AppianI 7) speaks only of Callidromum and Teichius,trabo (ix. p. 428) mentions Khoduntia relates that the fortifications of Thermo-pylae were restored by Justinian (</e Aed. iv. 2). (On the topography of Thermopylae, see the excel-lent account of Leake, Northern Greece, vol. ii. pp. 5,Beq., 40, seq. ; there is also a treatise by Gordon,I of two Putts to the Anopaea or the High-lands above Thermopylae, Athens, 1838, which thewriter of this article has not seen.). MAI OF THEKMolVUVE AMD THE BUBROUKDING COUNTKT. AA. Alluvial Present line of coa-t,bb. Present ronrse of the Ancient line of Present course of the Present course of the THERMUM, THERMUS or THEBMA (to e«=p- Hov, Pol. v. 8: tci ©fpua, Strab. x. p. 463; , Steph. B. $. r.: : Vlokho), thechief city of Aetolia during the flourishing period ofthe Aetolian League, and the place where the meet-ings of the league were usually held and an annualfestival celebrated. [1 i a celebrated temple of Apollo, in connection with which the festival wasprobably celebrated. It was situated in the veryheart of Aetolia. X. of the lake Trichoma, and on aheight of Mt. Panaetolinm ( Viend). It was con-sidered inaccessible to an army, and from the strengthof its situation was regarded a I refuge, and, as it were, the Acropolis of all Aetolia. Theroad to it ran from ke Trichoma, through
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