Torone (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Sophrone Pétridès · 1913
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Description
Torone was a titular see in Macedonia, subject to Thessalonica, and a Chalcidian colony from Euboea. It stood on the southwest coast of Sithonia, the middle peninsula of Chalcidice, between the Toronaic Gulf and the Gulf of Singitticus. Built on a hill in a fine position, it had a harbour called Kophos, or deaf, because no sea sound reached it, giving the proverb deafer than the port of Torone.
Thirty small cities stood under its rule, and it supplied Xerxes with men and ships. After the Persian War Athens ruled it, and Brasidas, Cleon, Agesipolis, Timotheus and Philip of Macedon each took it in turn. In 169 it beat off a Roman fleet, after which history falls silent. Pliny calls it a free city, its ruins still bear the name Toroni, and no bishop of the see is known.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sophrone Pétridès |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 1 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |