In the area of the city of historical times remains from the late Neolithic and the Bronze Age (5th - 2nd millennium BC). It was founded near the river Strymonas by the Athenians in 437 BC. with the participation of Ionian colonists. The Thracian polity of Nine Roads existed in the area. There was
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It was founded by Thasios in the 7th century BC as a trading post. In 356 BC destroyed by King Philip II, but rebuilt. The ancient city was located on two high hills (Gaidourokastro), 4 km SE. of the village of Karyani. On the northern hill remains of a wall built in the same way. In the south,
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It is located at the top of a low hill, in the foothills of Pangaios, between the villages of Kipia and Akrovouni. Two buildings with seats inside and an outdoor altar were excavated. Place of worship of the horseman hero Avloneitis, guardian of the "avlonos", the passage from the "Pieria Valley" to
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(Argilos) City of ancient Visaltia, near the mouth of Strymonas. It was founded by Ionian settlers of Andros in the middle of the 7th century BC. In the 6th century BC in turn founded new colonies in the region, Kerdylion and Tragilo. In 357 BC was occupied by the Macedonian king Philip II. The
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It is the only Macedonian city mentioned in the Iliad. It was founded by Thasios in the third quarter of the 7th century BC as a trading post. In the years of Philip II (356 - 336 BC) the name of the city changes to Imathia and it becomes a Macedonian colony. Ruins of the ancient walled city were
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The site was inhabited from the Middle Neolithic to the end of the Early Bronze Age (6th - 3rd millennium BC). Rich embankments 11 m thick, include architectural remains, burials, pottery and small finds. The finds are exhibited in the Archaeological Museums of Drama and Kavala. Editor: Fotini
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City of ancient Visaltia. Perhaps it was founded by Ionians, inhabitants of neighboring Argylos. According to the excavation findings, it was destroyed in the Hellenistic years (3rd century BC) by raids by Thracians and Gauls and abandoned. Its oldest core (from the end of the 6th century BC) is
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It was founded by the Thracians Pieres around the middle of the 7th century BC. It is mentioned by the historian Herodotus. The ancient city was located on a large hill, SE. of the Kanoni position of Orfani village. The findings are mainly mobile, from archaic depositors and classical
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