'''Iresiae''' or '''Iresiai''' was a town of ancient Thessaly.<ref>{{Cite Pauly|IX,2|2035||Iresiae|Friedrich Stählin|RE:Iresiae|}}</ref> In the Second Macedonian War, Livy mentions that it was one of the cities devastated by Philip V of Macedon the year 198 BCE, together with Phacium, Euhydrium, Eretria and Palaepharsalus, since he foresaw that the territory would soon fall into the hands of the Aetolian League and the Romans. Philip allowed the men who were able to follow him, but they were compelled to quit their homes and the towns were burnt. All the property they could carry with them they were allowed to take away, the rest became the booty for the soldiers.<ref>{{Cite Livy|32.13}}</ref> The town was occupied by the Roman praetor Marcus Baebius Tamphilus in the war with Antiochus III in 191 BCE.<ref>{{Cite Livy|36.13}}</ref>
The site of Iresiae has not been securely located. In the 19th century, William Smith suggested that Livy's Iresiae may be a confusion for Peiresiae;<ref>{{Cite DGRG|title=Asterium}}</ref> however, modern scholars treat the town as distinct from Peiresiae and suggest the site is to be found in Magnesia not at Peiresiae.<ref>{{Barrington Atlas|page=55}}</ref>
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Category:Populated places in ancient Thessaly Category:Former populated places in Greece Category:Lost ancient cities and towns
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