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settlers from adjoining areas, they chose it as their new home due to its proximity to the Axios River, near the ruins of ancient town
Atalanti. The town form part of the
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who came into the area in the 12th century BC. In the 5th century BC Atalanti was annexed in the
Macedonian kingdom and by that time it followed the Greek history. The
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Axioupoli it is most possible to cross Axios River, which is mentioned on Homer's Iliad as Peones, who used to live in the area, fought in the Troy war. The
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