Pydna

settlement · 750 BC – 30 BC

An ancient settlement and seaport in Macedonia, located south of modern Makrigialos. According to Apollodorus, the population was relocated to a new, inland site by Archelaos (see Pydna/Kitron), but it is clear that this original, coastal site was reoccupied.

Coordinates

40.39757, 22.61499

Also known as

Archaia Pydna, Πύδνα (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BY
  iDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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