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28: 48: 20: 366: 201:. It was probably at this time that the canal, which still exists today, was dug through the sandy soil at the narrowest part of the isthmus, perhaps with the aim of making the city a naval base. In 43 BC a Roman colony was settled by the proconsul of Macedonia, which in 30 BC was resettled by Octavian (the future 154:
reports how the Persian attackers who tried to exploit an unusual retreat of the water were suddenly surprised by "a great flood-tide, higher, as the people of the place say, than any one of the many that had been before". Several tsunamigenic layers have been identified along the Thracian Coast,
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Mathes-Schmidt, Margret; et al. (2013). "Geochemical and micropaleontological investigations of tsunamigenic eochemical and micropaleontological investigations of tsunamigenic layers along the Thracian Coast (Northern Aegean Sea, Greece) ayers along the Thracian Coast (Northern Aegean Sea,
174:. However, the Corinthians still sent a supreme magistrate each year. Potidaea was inevitably involved in all of the conflicts between Athens and Corinth. The people revolted against the Athenians in 432 BC, and it was besieged at the beginning of the 155:
indicating that the region is prone to tsunamis. While tsunami are generally associated with earthquakes, Herodotus, the source of this story, makes no mention of an earthquake at the time. This makes it more likely that the event was a
159:. Not only are such events relatively common in the Mediterranean, but their effect is amplified in a long, narrow body of water, which is a good description for the situation of Potidaea, which lies at the head of Toroneos gulf. 391:
Samsaris, D. (1987). "La colonie romaine de Cassandréa en Macédoine. Colonia Iulia Augusta Cassandrensis" [The Roman Colony of Cassandreia in Macedonia (Colonia Iulia Augusta Cassandrensis)].
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The Athenians retook the city in 363 BC, but in 356 BC Potidaea fell into the hands of
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Head of female right, with Archaic features, in linear square within incuse square.
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The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. 2012, Columbia University Press
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Map of ancient Chalcidice, showing peninsula of Pallene and Potidaea
205:) and took the official name Colonia Iulia Augusta Cassandrensis. 46: 26: 18: 85: 124:, the westernmost of three peninsulas at the southern end of 88: 189:. Potidaea was destroyed and its territory handed to the 70: 293:, entry in The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. 120:
around 600 BC in the narrowest point of the peninsula of
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Smid, T. C. (1970). "'Tsunamis' in Greek Literature".
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Populated places disestablished in the 4th century BC
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Ancient Greek
colony
Corinthians
Pallene
Chalcidice
479 BC Potidaea earthquake
Persians
tsunami
Herodotus
meteotsunami
Delian League
Athens
Corinth
Peloponnesian War
Battle of Potidaea
Philip II of Macedon
Olynthians
Cassander
Cassandreia
Augustus
Nea Poteidaia
First World War
Gabrielle
Xena: Warrior Princess
Delian League
Peloponnesian Wars

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