Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD) alphabetic letter L After the extension of the Spartan dominions by the conquest of Messenia and Cynuria, Laconia was said to possess 100 townships (Strab. viii. p. 362), among which we find mentioned Anthana in the Cynurian Thyreatis, and Aulon in Messenia, near the frontiers of Elis. (19.22)