 N. G. L. Hammond places it between Athyra, Pella regional unit and Koufalia, Thessaloniki regional unit

Thucydides mentions Atalante, south of Gortynia.Stephanus of Byzantium, Allante (Ἀλλάντη), a city of Arcadia and Macedonia.Allantenses are reported among the list of peoples by Plinius (HN 4.53).