Oreós

Oreos lies on the northern shore of Euboea, beside the strait leading into the North Euboean Gulf. The ancient city here, once called Histiaea, stood near a fertile plain opposite the Thessalian coast. After Euboea revolted against Athens in 446 BC, Pericles expelled its inhabitants and settled Athenian colonists. The fortified city later figured in wars between Macedon and Rome, falling to a Roman assault in 200 BC.