Potidaea
E320155
Potidaea was an ancient Greek city in Chalcidice that played a notable role in the early conflicts of the Peloponnesian War.
All labels observed (2)
| 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)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nea Potidaia