Pydna
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.N. Borza
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors:
DARMC, Catherine Bouras, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Apr 30, 2025 01:41 PM
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History
An ancient settlement and seaport in Macedonia, located south of modern Makrigialos. According to Apollodorus, the population was relocated to a new, inland site by Archelaos (see Pydna/Kitron), but it is clear that this original, coastal site was reoccupied.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/491703
40.3975687841, 22.6149909099
- Representative Locations:
- CFL/AGO Location: Archaia Pydna (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.
- OSM location of Ancient Pydna (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Πύδνα (Pydna: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - 30 BC)
- Pydna capital of Corinthian League (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Pydna part of (administrative) Macedonia (Archaic and Classical kingdom) (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Pydna part of (administrative) Macedonia (Hellenistic kingdom) (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Pydna part of (administrative) Macedonia (Roman province) (30 BC - AD 300)
- Pydna part of (regional) Pieria (unspecified date range)
- Pydna connection Via Egnatia (unspecified date range)
- Pydna/Kitron succeeds Pydna (unspecified date range)
settlement, archaeological site
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 50 C4 Pydna
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: near Makriyialos
E.N. Borza, DARMC, Catherine Bouras, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Pydna: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/491703> [accessed: 12 April 2026]
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