Olynthos

settlement · 750 BC – 1999 AD

Olynthos was an ancient city of the Chalcidice, founded in the seventh century B.C. and destroyed in 348 B.C. by the forces of Philip II of Macedon.

Coordinates

40.29524, 23.35426

Also known as

Nea Olynthos (en), Nea Olynthos (en), Olynthus (la), Olynthus (la), Ὄλυνθος (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
  © GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

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