Amphipolis

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Amphipolis is an ancient Greek city in eastern Macedonia known for its strategic location near the Strymon River and its rich archaeological remains from the Classical and Hellenistic periods.

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Amphipolis canonical 15
Amphipolis (ancient city) 1
Amphipolis municipality 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek city
archaeological site
associatedWithEvent Battle of Amphipolis
associatedWithPerson Alexander the Great
Brasidas
Philip II of Macedon
Thucydides
battleOccurredInYear 422 BC
becameMacedonianCapitalOf Philip II’s early reign
capturedBy Brasidas
Sparta
capturedInYear 424 BC
country Greece
foundedBy Athens
foundedInYear 437 BC
founder Hagnon of Thasos
hasArchaeologicalSite Amphipolis Lion monument
Roman villas
ancient bridge remains
basilicas
city walls
gymnasium
hasNearbySite Kasta Tomb
hasTypeOfRemains fortifications
necropolis
sanctuaries
locatedIn Macedonia (Greece)
Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
surface form: eastern Macedonia
locatedNear Aegean Sea
Mount Pangaion
locatedOnRiver Strymonas River
surface form: Strymon River
mentionedBy Thucydides
mentionedInWork History of the Peloponnesian War
modernMunicipality Amphipolis self-linksurface differs
surface form: Amphipolis municipality
modernRegionalUnit Serres (regional unit)
surface form: Serres regional unit
onAncientRoad Via Egnatia
partOf Delian League
surface form: Athenian Empire

Macedon
surface form: Kingdom of Macedon

Macedon
surface form: Roman Macedonia
precededBy Ennea Hodoi
prosperedDuring Classical period
Hellenistic period
Roman period
region Central Macedonia
strategicFor access to Thrace
access to gold and silver mines of Pangaion
control of Strymon River valley
control of routes between Macedonia and Thrace
timePeriod Classical Greece
Hellenistic period
surface form: Hellenistic Greece

Roman Empire

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Via Egnatia passesThrough Amphipolis
Philip III Arrhidaeus deathPlace Amphipolis
Brasidas diedIn Amphipolis
Battle of Amphipolis location Amphipolis
Serres (regional unit) contains Amphipolis
this entity surface form: Amphipolis (ancient city)
Amphipolis modernMunicipality Amphipolis self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Amphipolis municipality
Struma River delta locatedNear Amphipolis
Philip V of Macedon deathPlace Amphipolis
Macedonian navy hadBase Amphipolis
Alexander IV deathPlace Amphipolis
subject surface form: Alexander IV of Macedon
Athenian politician and general Cleon deathPlace Amphipolis
subject surface form: Cleon