Chalcidice

natural · 550 BC – 640 AD

A peninsula in northern Greece. It was hotly contested between Athens and Sparta during the Peloponnesian War, and was later the site of important gold mines under Philip II of Macedon.

Coordinates

40.44300, 23.40811

Also known as

Chalkidike, Chalkidikḗ (grc), Χαλκιδική (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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