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Laconia at AllExperts (553 words) |
 | Laconia (Λακωνία; see also List of traditional Greek place names), also known as Lacedaemonia, was in ancient Greece the portion of the Peloponnese of which the most important city was Sparta. |
 | Two roads connect the adjoining prefectures of Messinia and Laconia: one is a tortuous mountain pass through Taygetus and the other bypasses the mountain via the Mani district to the south. |
 | It is bounded by the Taygetus mountains to the west with Messenia, Arcadia to the north and with the Parnon mountains to the northeast, the Myrtoan Sea to the east and the Gulf of Laconia and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. |
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 | Alaric devastated Laconia, and subsequently it was overrun by large bands of Slavic immigrants. |
 | Greece," on the east coast, and Passava near Gythium. |
 | Athens undertook a systematic investigation of theancient and medieval remains in Laconia. |