Coroneia or Koroneia () was a town of

ancient Thessaly Thessaly or Thessalia (Attic Greek: , ''Thessalía'' or , ''Thettalía'') was one of the traditional regions of Ancient Greece. During the Mycenaean Greece, Mycenaean period, Thessaly was known as Aeolia, a name that continued to be used for one of ...

Phthiotis Phthiotis (, ''Fthiótida'' ; ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Φθιῶτις) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece (administrative region), Central Greece. The capital is the city of La ...

, from which the Boeotian Coroneia probably derived its name. It has not been located. It has been proposed that, if it donated money for the reconstruction of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi at the end of the 4th century BCE, it existed already prior to that date and also at least in classical period, although there is no evidence that it coined currency until 308 BCE. It was one of the cities seized by

Philip V of Macedon Philip V (; 238–179 BC) was king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon from 221 to 179 BC. Philip's reign was principally marked by the Social War (220–217 BC), Social War in Greece (220-217 BC) ...

, during the Roman-Seleucid War, and from where the

Roman Senate The Roman Senate () was the highest and constituting assembly of ancient Rome and its aristocracy. With different powers throughout its existence it lasted from the first days of the city of Rome (traditionally founded in 753 BC) as the Sena ...

forced him to withdraw his garrisons. It has been suggested that its location was next to the Thessaly border, in the vicinity of

Iton The Iton () is a Rivers of France, river in Normandy, France, left tributary of the river Eure (river), Eure. It is long. Its source is near Moulins-la-Marche. For about 10 km between Orvaux and Glisolles, it disappears and pursues a subter ...

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Former populated places in Greece Populated places in ancient Thessaly Lost ancient cities and towns Achaea Phthiotis {{AncientThessaly-geo-stub