Potidaea was an ancient Greek city on the Pallene peninsula in Chalcidice, in northern Greece, founded around 600 BC by colonists from Corinth at the narrowest point of the peninsula. The city joined the Delian League but revolted against Athens in 432 BC, an event that helped trigger the Peloponnesian War, and it fell after an Athenian siege of more than two years in 430 BC. Philip II of Macedon captured and enslaved the city in 356 BC, and it was refounded as Cassandreia in 316 BC, an important Macedonian city into Roman times; the original site was destroyed around 540 AD.
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Founding Year Founding Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Wikipedia (Greek): Ποτίδαια
Wikipedia (Greek)Article text: founding statementQuote, Article text: founding statement
Ήταν αρχαία δωρική πόλη που ιδρύθηκε από Κορίνθιους αποίκους γύρω στο 600 π.Χ., όπως σημειώνει ο Θουκυδίδης, και ίσως επί εποχής του Περιάνδρου, στα δυτικά της Χαλκιδικής, που τότε ανήκε στην ευρύτερη περιοχή της Θράκης.
2. Potidaea (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 40.2, longitude 23.333333
3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 40.2,23.3333
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 0.0
4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.25, 23.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.25, 23.25
40.25 23.25 Cfa
5. GeoNames: Néa Potídhaia - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 8411066, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.75 km)Quote, cities500 record 8411066, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.75 km)
40.19428 23.32874 P PPL GR ESYE12 15 9058 1559 19 Europe/Athens
Wikidata: Potidaea
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