# Iresiae

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'''Iresiae''' or '''Iresiai''' was a town of [ancient Thessaly](/source/ancient_Thessaly).<ref>{{Cite Pauly|IX,2|2035||Iresiae|[Friedrich Stählin](/source/Friedrich_St%C3%A4hlin)|RE:Iresiae|}}</ref> In the [Second Macedonian War](/source/Second_Macedonian_War), [Livy](/source/Livy) mentions that it was one of the cities devastated by [Philip V of Macedon](/source/Philip_V_of_Macedon) the year 198&nbsp;BCE, together with [Phacium](/source/Phacium), [Euhydrium](/source/Euhydrium), [Eretria](/source/Eretria_(Thessaly)) and [Palaepharsalus](/source/Palaepharsalus), since he foresaw that the territory would soon fall into the hands of the [Aetolian League](/source/Aetolian_League) and the [Romans](/source/ancient_Rome). 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](/source/praetor) [Marcus Baebius Tamphilus](/source/Marcus_Baebius_Tamphilus) in the war with [Antiochus III](/source/Antiochus_III) in 191&nbsp;BCE.<ref>{{Cite Livy|36.13}}</ref>

The site of Iresiae has not been securely located. In the 19th century, [William Smith](/source/William_Smith_(lexicographer)) suggested that Livy's Iresiae may be a confusion for [Peiresiae](/source/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](/source/ancient_Magnesia) not at Peiresiae.<ref>{{Barrington Atlas|page=55}}</ref>

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