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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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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...
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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...
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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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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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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...
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Saint Glyceria (Gr****: Γλυκερία; died ca. 177 in
Perinthus, Propontis) was a
Roman virgin of the
early church.
According to
Christian tradition, she was...
- Kilkis, Greece,
founded in 1928 from refugees,
previously called Kavakli Perinthus,
ancient Perinthos,
later called Heracleia,
Samian colony in the European...
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successor of her
brother Idrieus. When King
Philip II of
Macedon invaded Perinthus and Byzantium, King
Artaxerxes III of
Persia sent
support to
those cities...
- province's
first capital,
where the
Roman governor resided, was
Heraclea Perinthus.
Thracia was an
imperial province,
headed initially by a procurator, and...
