Amphipolis
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.N. Borza
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, G. Reger, R. Talbert
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Last modified
Apr 18, 2023 09:44 AM
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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.
- OSM location of extant portion of city wall (550 BC - 330 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- DARE Location (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- Amphipolis connection Strymon (river) (unspecified date range)
- Amphipolis connection Via Egnatia (unspecified date range)
- Kasta tomb connection Amphipolis (unspecified date range)
- Lion of Amphipolis (monument) connection Amphipolis (unspecified date range)
wall (of a city), city wall, settlement, fort, tower (deprecated)
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 51 B3 Amphipolis
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Amphipolis
E.N. Borza, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, G. Reger, and R. Talbert, 'Amphipolis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/501347> [accessed: 17 December 2024]
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