Poteidaia/Kassandreia
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.N. Borza
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
May 22, 2024 03:46 PM
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History
Poteidaia/Kassandreia was a Greek colony founded ca. 600 BC by Corinthians on the peninsula of Pallene in western Chalcidice. The site received a Roman colony in 43 B.C. and in 30 B.C. Augustus settled veterans there, renaming it as Colonia Iulia Augusta Cassandrensis.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/491701
40.193696, 23.327812
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 24187 (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Colonia Iulia Augusta Cassandrensis (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Κασσανδρεία (Kassandreia: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 300)
- Ποτείδαια (Poteidaia: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - 330 BC)
- Poteidaia/Kassandreia founded by Corinthus/Korinthos (750 BC - 550 BC)
- Poteidaia/Kassandreia member of Delian League (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Poteidaia/Kassandreia part of (administrative) Macedonia (Hellenistic kingdom) (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Poteidaia/Kassandreia part of (administrative) Olynthos (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Poteidaia/Kassandreia part of (physical/topographic) Pallene/Phlegra (unspecified date range)
- Mekyberna sympoliteia Poteidaia/Kassandreia (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Olynthos part of (administrative) Poteidaia/Kassandreia (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Less than certain: Sermylia sympoliteia Poteidaia/Kassandreia (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Uncertain: Torone sympoliteia Poteidaia/Kassandreia (330 BC - 30 BC)
settlement
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 50 D4 Poteidaia/Kassandreia
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Nea Potidaia
E.N. Borza, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Poteidaia/Kassandreia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/491701> [accessed: 23 April 2025]
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