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Perinthus Perinthus or
Perinthos (Ancient Gr****: ἡ Πέρινθος) was a
great and
flourishing town of
ancient Thrace,
situated on the Propontis. According...
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Hestiaeus of
Perinthus (Gr****: Ἑστιαῖος Περίνθιος) was one of Plato's students.
Diogenes Laërtius, Life of Plato.
Translated by C.D. Yonge.
Guthrie W...
- The
siege of
Perinthus (340 BC) was an
unsuccessful attempt by
Philip II of
Macedon to
defeat the
Athenian forces at
Perinthus, and take the city. The...
- province's
first capital,
where the
Roman governor resided, was
Heraclea Perinthus.
Thracia was an
imperial province,
headed initially by a procurator, and...
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activities were
opposed by Artaxerxes, and with his support, the city of
Perinthus resisted a
Macedonian siege.
There is
evidence for a
renewed building...
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Achaemenid Empire support Perinthus in
their defence of the city.
Philip divides his army,
leaving one part to
besiege Perinthus and
taking the
other to...
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Persia by
demanding compensation from the
country for
helping the town of
Perinthus during the
reign of
Artaxerxes III. ****s declined, and as a result, a...
- (the
southeasternmost part of Thrace),
between Byzantium and
Heraclea Perinthus. It
appears in late
Roman and
early Byzantine accounts. Caenophrurium...
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recorded by
Plutarch about an
Antigonus who lost an eye at the
Siege of
Perinthus in 340 BC
after "a
catapult bolt
struck him in the eye".
According to...
- emperor, and
quickly regained its
previous prosperity. It was
bound to
Perinthus during the
period of
Septimius Severus.
After the war,
Byzantium lost...
