omer , ▁the ▁earliest ▁source ▁cons iders ▁E math ia ▁only ▁a ▁region ▁next ▁to ▁Pier ia , ▁Stra bo ' s ▁reference ▁should ▁be ▁interpreted ▁in ▁the ▁Roman ▁era ▁context ▁of ▁E math ia ' s ▁name ▁rev iving . ▁The ▁same ▁stands ▁for ▁Latin ▁writers ▁who ▁name ▁Th ess aly ▁as ▁E math ia ▁; ▁Mac ed onia ▁( R oman ▁province ) ▁included ▁Th ess aly . ▁In ▁ 1 2 . 4 6 2 ▁of ▁Met am orph oses , ▁an ▁E math ian ▁H ales us ▁is ▁killed ▁by ▁the ▁cent aur ▁L atre us ▁and ▁in ▁Cat ull us ▁ 6 4 . ▁ 3 2 4 , ▁Pe le us ▁is ▁E math iae ▁tut amen ▁( prote ctor ). ▁ ▁Poly b ius ▁( 2 3 . 1 0 . 4 ) ▁mentions ▁that ▁E math ia ▁was ▁earliest ▁called ▁Pa e onia ▁and ▁Stra bo ▁( fr g ▁ 7 . 3 8 ) ▁that ▁Pa e onia ▁was ▁extended ▁to ▁Pier ia ▁and ▁Pel ag onia . ▁According ▁to ▁Hamm ond ▁the ▁references ▁are ▁related ▁to ▁Bron ze ▁Age ▁period ▁before ▁the ▁Tro jan ▁War . ▁ ▁Town s ▁The ▁most ▁important ▁towns ▁of ▁E math ia ▁were : ▁ ▁A ig ai ▁( first ▁capital ▁and ▁holy ▁city ▁of ▁Mac ed onia ) ▁Ber ia ▁( mod ern ▁Ver ia ) ▁K ition ▁( mod ern ▁Na ous sa ) ▁Alexander ▁the ▁Great ▁with ▁sett lers ▁from ▁this ▁area ▁founded ▁E math