THE COLONISATION OF EPIRUS, MACEDONIA AND THRACE
THE HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
According to historical sources:-
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Source |
Colonist |
Colony |
Archaeological Date |
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Thucydides |
Andros |
Sane, |
SM, G, Arch |
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Akanthos, |
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Stageira |
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Argilos |
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Corinth |
Potideia |
ca 600, Archaic |
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Eretria |
Mende |
LHIIIC, PG, G etc Sanctuary at Poseidi from LBA |
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Achaeans |
Skione |
EIA, Classical |
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Chalkis |
Kleonai |
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Athenian Tribute List |
Eretria |
Dikaia |
?? Archaic tombs (Agia Paraskevi) |
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Mende |
Neapolis |
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Plutarch |
Eretria |
Methone |
end 8th C |
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Strabo |
Eretria |
Pallene |
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Torone |
LHI, PG, G. Arch |
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Other ‘Greek’ cities not specifically colonies
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Skylax |
Pydna |
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IA, Archaic |
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Aineia |
Aeneas |
Archaic, Classical tombs |
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Herodotus |
Therme |
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6th C |
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Aloros |
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Herodotus VII,123 |
Aphytis |
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EIA, 4th C |
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Aige |
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Therambos |
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Macedonian ‘cities’
Anchialos/Sindos, Toumba Thessalonikis, Amphipolis/Hill 133
K.A. Wardle January 2012