Potidaea

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Potidaea was an ancient Greek city in Chalcidice that played a notable role in the early conflicts of the Peloponnesian War.

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Label Occurrences
Potidaea canonical 6
Nea Potidaia 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek city
polis
alliedWith Athens
Delian League
archaeologicalStatus partly identified by remains near the modern canal of Potidea
besiegedBy Athens
captureApproxDate 430 BCE
capturedBy Athens
colonialStatus Corinthian colony
conflict Peloponnesian War
country Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece
foundedBy Corinth
foundedInCentury 7th century BCE
geopoliticalRole buffer between Athenian and Macedonian spheres of influence
laterRefoundedAs Cassandreia
locatedBy Toroneos Gulf
surface form: Gulf of Torone

Thermaic Gulf
locatedIn Chalcidice
Macedon
surface form: Macedonia (ancient region)
locatedOn isthmus of the Pallene (Kassandra) peninsula
mentionedBy Thucydides
mentionedIn History of the Peloponnesian War
modernCountry Greece
modernSiteNear Potidaea self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nea Potidaia
namedAfter Poseidon
notableEvent Athenian construction of circumvallation walls during siege
Corinthian volunteers fought in its defense
paidTributeTo Athens
peninsulaToday Chalkidiki Peninsula
surface form: Kassandra peninsula
politicalAffiliationAfterCapture Athenian-controlled settlement
politicalAffiliationBeforeRevolt member of the Delian League
populationAfterSiege inhabitants evacuated under capitulation terms
primaryDeity Poseidon
refoundationDate 316 BCE
refoundedBy Cassander of Macedon
regionToday Central Macedonia
revoltDate 432 BCE
revoltedAgainst Athens
roleInConflict one of the immediate causes of the Peloponnesian War
siege Battle of Potidaea
surface form: Siege of Potidaea
siegeEndDate 430 BCE
siegeStartDate 432 BCE
strategicImportance controlled access between Pallene peninsula and mainland Chalcidice
naval base on northern Aegean routes
subjectTo Athenian Empire
supportedBy Corinth
Perdiccas II of Macedon

Referenced by (7)

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Archidamian War belligerent Potidaea
Chalcidice hadAncientCity Potidaea
Pallene hasCity Potidaea
Potidaea modernSiteNear Potidaea self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Nea Potidaia