The lack of historical accounts shrouds the history of the peninsula during the later ages. Archaeologists have not been able to determine the exact location of the cities reported by Strabo. It is believed that they must have been deserted when Athos's new inhabitants, the monks, started arriving sometime before the ninth century AD.
the lack of historical accounts shrouds the history of the peninsula during the later ages archaeologists have not been able to determine the exact location of the cities reported by strabo it is believed that they must have been deserted when athos's new inhabitants the monks started arriving sometime before the ninth century ad