The Lost World of Monastir: Sephardic Jews in Ottoman and Yugoslav Macedonia

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As a sephardi jew from Salonikan Greek family thankyou for this we had relatives from Bitola.

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Monastiri was Greek Byzantine city, before that it was the Ancient HELLENIC CITY OF HERACLEA . Heraclea Lyncestis in the middle of the 4th century BC was founded by Philip II of Macedonia. Heraclea was an ancient Greek city in Macedonia, ruled later by the Romans. Its ruins are situated 2 km south of Bitola / Monastiri . The city was named in honour of the mythological Greek hero Heracles. The name Lyncestis originates from the name of the ancient kingdom, conquered by Philip, where the city was built. Heraclea was a strategically important town during the Hellenistic period, as it was at the edge of Macedonia's border with Epirus to the west and Paeonia to the north, until the middle of the 2nd century BC, when the Romans conquered Macedonia and destroyed its political power. The Romans divided Macedonia into 4 regions and Heraclea was in the fourth region. The main Roman road in the area, Via Egnatia went through Heraclea, and Heraclea was an important stop. The prosperity of the city was maintained mainly due to this road.