Ancient Greek city states
Lamia
Lamia is an ancient Greek city located in central Greece and is the capital of the region of Central Greece. It is currently home to over 75,000 inhabitants.
Lamia was settled in the Bronze Age. In antiquity, its strategic location made it an important centre, controlling the narrow coastal plain above Thermopylae and connecting Thessaly and the rest of the Balkans. The city was fortified in the 5th century BC and subsequently conquered by various armies. It was finally conquered by the Romans in the 2nd century BC.
When Alexander the Great died in 323 BC, the Greeks rebelled against Macedonian rule and the ruler Antipatros took refuge behind the walls of Lamia. The war for this city itself ended with the death of the Athenian general Leosthenes and the arrival of Macedonian reinforcements of 20,000 men.