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Amphaxitis[pronunciation?] (Ancient Gr****: Ἀμφαξῖτις)
refers to the
western maritime part of the
Mygdonia district of
ancient Macedonia, on
Axius river...
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called Amphaxitis, a
distinction which first occurs in Polybius, who
divides all the
great plain at the head of the
Thermaic gulf into
Amphaxitis and Bottiaea...
- as far
south as
Mygdonia where Strabo places them in an area
known as
Amphaxitis. The
expansion of the
Macedonian state during the 4th
century BCE resulted...
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northern valley of the
Axios river to the
southern valley, now
called Amphaxitis.
Paeonians also,
founded the town
Chaetae in Tsaousitsa, near Pontoiraklia...
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literary name,
capital city. I, protes, none, Amphipolis; II, deuteras,
Amphaxitis, Thessalonika; III, none, Bottia, Pella; IV, tetartis,
Upper (ano) Makedonia...
- but Philip's
control of the
strategically important Axios Valley around Amphaxitis proved more
difficult to overcome. In 433,
Philip formed an
alliance with...
- by
crossing the
Axios River and
seizing their former territory around Amphaxitis. In
keeping with
Persian practice,
Megabazus dispatched seven envoys around...
- Ἀμυδῶνος) was a town of
ancient Macedonia in the
lower Axios region of
Amphaxitis. It is
mentioned by Homer, as the
capital of the Paeonians, who under...
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Cissus or
Kissos (Ancient Gr****: Κισσός) was a town of
Amphaxitis, Macedon, not far from Rhaecelus,
which appears to have been the name of the promontory...
