Olynthus
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Olynthus was an important ancient Greek city in the Chalcidice region, known for its strategic location and well-preserved classical-era urban planning and mosaics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Olynthus canonical | 4 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSignificance |
important evidence for Greek city planning
ⓘ
key source for study of Classical Greek houses ⓘ |
| country |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| culture | Greek ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | Philip II of Macedon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| destroyedInYear | 348 BC ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | David M. Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excavationStartYear | 1928 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Bottiaeans
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chalcidians from the peninsula ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 7th century BC ⓘ |
| governanceForm | federal city-state ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalRemainsFrom |
Classical period
ⓘ
Late Archaic period ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
agora
ⓘ
courtyard houses ⓘ insulae (city blocks) ⓘ pebble mosaics ⓘ public buildings ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Hippodamian street plan
ⓘ
archaeological excavations ⓘ classical-era urban planning ⓘ domestic architecture ⓘ grid-plan city layout ⓘ well-preserved mosaics ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chalcidice
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chalkidiki peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPeriphery | Central Macedonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegionalUnit | Chalkidiki regional unit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Aegean Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Toronean Gulf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearModernSettlement | Olynthos (modern village) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Chalcidian League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStatus |
federal city of the Chalcidian League
ⓘ
member of the Delian League ⓘ |
| rebuiltInCentury | 5th century BC ⓘ |
| region | Macedonia (ancient region) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| role | capital of the Chalcidian League ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
access to the northern Aegean
ⓘ
control of routes between Chalcidice and inland Macedonia ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Classical Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| urbanPlanType | orthogonal street grid ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.