Amphipolis
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.N. Borza
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors:
DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, R. Talbert, G. Reger, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes
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Last modified
Mar 07, 2026 10:10 PM
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History
A Greek city in Thrace located on the east bank of the Strymon river, Amphipolis was originally founded as an Athenian colony.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/501347
40.8258114808, 23.8415794323
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Byzantine tower (AD 640 - AD 1453) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- DARE Location (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- OSM location of extant portion of city wall (550 BC - 330 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Amphipolis located near Strymon (river) (unspecified date range)
- Amphipolis located on Via Egnatia (unspecified date range)
- Kasta tomb located near Amphipolis (unspecified date range)
- Lion of Amphipolis (monument) connection Amphipolis (unspecified date range)
wall (of a city), city wall, settlement, fort, tower (deprecated)
- Evidence:
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- Related:
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- CFL/AGO Toponyme 3344: Amfipolis, Neochorion-Δ.Δ.Αμφιπόλεως
- DARMC 24024
- EDH Geographic Database G013926: Amphipolis, bei – Amfípolis
- Livius.org Amphipolis (Ennea Hodoi)
- MANTO 11315967: Amphipolis (Thrace)
- Odysseus 2403: Amphipolis
- TM GEO ID 161: Amphipolis
- Wikidata Amphipolis (Q217414)
- iDAI.gazetteer 2361350: Amphipolis
- nomisma.org Amphipolis
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 51 B3 Amphipolis
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Amphipolis
E.N. Borza, DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, R. Talbert, G. Reger, R. Scott Smith, and Greta Hawes, 'Amphipolis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/501347> [accessed: 20 May 2026]
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