Scotussa

Scotussa was an ancient town and polis of Pelasgiotis in Thessaly, Greece, between Pherae and Pharsalus near the border of Phthiotis. It was the home of Polydamas, an Olympic pankration champion in 408 BC, and its territory included the Cynoscephalae hills, site of a battle in 364 BC against Alexander of Pherae and of the decisive 197 BC battle in which the Roman consul Titus Quinctius Flamininus defeated Philip the Fifth of Macedon and established Roman dominance over Greece. The city was inhabited until around 48 BC before being abandoned. Its ruins lie at Agia Triada, known locally as Portes, in the municipality of Farsala, where a Greek Italian team began systematic excavation in 2014.