Potidaea
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They arrived in Thrace forty days after the revolt of Potidaea.
From The History of the Peloponnesian War by Richard Crawley
He restored Thebes after its destruction by Alexander the Great, transformed Therma into Thessalonica, and built the new city of Cassandreia upon the ruins of Potidaea.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
They order us to raise the siege of Potidaea, to let Aegina be independent, to revoke the Megara decree; and they conclude with an ultimatum warning us to leave the Hellenes independent.
From The History of the Peloponnesian War by Richard Crawley
A powerful Athenian armament was despatched to the coast of Macedonia and laid siege to Potidaea.
From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Sir William Smith
The Corinthians likewise planted a few colonies on this coast, of which Potidaea, on the narrow isthmus of Pallene, most deserves mention.
From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Sir William Smith
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