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, G. Reger, R. Talbert
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Apr 02, 2025 05:21 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.
- 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 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:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 51 B3 Amphipolis
- Isaac 1986 35-48
- Lauffer 1989 109-10
- Livius.org Amphipolis (Ennea Hodoi)
- Malama 2023
- New Pauly Amphipolis (R. M. Errington)
- Odysseus 2403: Amphipolis
- PECS (Perseus) AMPHIPOLIS Thrace, Greece
- Smith 1854 (Perseus) AMPHÍPOLIS
- ToposText Amphipolis (Serres)
- Wikipedia (English) Amphipolis
- Related:
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, G. Reger, and R. Talbert, 'Amphipolis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/501347> [accessed: 14 April 2025]
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