Axius (Azios) – The ancient name of the r. Vardar, mentioned by more ancient literary sources: Herodotus, Thucydide, Pliny, etc. The earliest is mentioned at the time of the Trojan War as “a river that wide flow” (Hom., Ⅱ.I844-850). Strabon (Strab. 7, 327, 329) tells that A. It springs from the Augian Region, which are Paione tribe. The river distributed the old area of Paionia and then entered Macedonia in the Amfaxida area. Between 168 and 148 The Roman administration divides both of the four Mersidi; The second remains in the east, and the third of the west of the river. Lit.: F. Papazoglu, Macedonian cities of Roman Age, Skopje, 1957, 58-62. C. B.-R.
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