Leuctrum or Leuktron ( grc, Λεῦκτρον), was a

deme In Ancient Greece, a deme or ( grc, δῆμος, plural: demoi, δημοι) was a suburb or a subdivision of Athens and other city-states. Demes as simple subdivisions of land in the countryside seem to have existed in the 6th century BC and ear ...

(dependent township) of Rhypes, a city in

Achaea Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaïa'' ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The ...

, mentioned by the ancient geographer

Strabo Strabo''Strabo'' (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. The father of Pompey was called "Pompeius Strabo". A native of Sicily so clear-sighted that he could see ...

. One suggested location for it is the fortified hill of Agios Konstantinos southwest of modern

Leontio Leontio ( el, Λεόντιο, Leóntio, before 1923: el, Γουρζούμισα, Gourzoúmisa, label=none) is a mountain village and a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the ...

, Achaia.G.Z. Alexopoulou, Συμβολή στην αρρχαιολογία και τοπογραφία της Αζανίας (2009), 513

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