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<p>[QUOTE="randygeki, post: 476268, member: 13719"]<b>Amphipolis</b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Amphipolis_location.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Amphipolis_location.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Amphipolis_location.jpg/250px-Amphipolis_location.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>satilite veiw</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&om=1&z=14&ll=40.800426,23.856897&spn=0.03697,0.069351&t=k" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&om=1&z=14&ll=40.800426,23.856897&spn=0.03697,0.069351&t=k" rel="nofollow">maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&om=1&z=14&ll=40.800426,23.856897&spn=0.03697,0.069351&t=k</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><b>Amphipolis <font size="2">(north of the Aegean Sea)</font></b></p><p><b><font size="2"><br /></font></b></p><p><br /></p><p><i>"From: <b>The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition </b>| Date: <b>2008</b> | The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright 2008 Columbia University Press. </i></p><p><i>Amphipolis , ancient city of Macedonia, on the Strymon (Struma) River near the sea and NE of later Thessaloníki. The place was known as Ennea Hodoi [nine ways] before it was settled and was of interest because of the gold and silver and timber of Mt. Pangaeus (Pangaion), to which it gave access. Athenian colonists were driven out (c.464 BC) by Thracians, but a colony was established in 437 BC Amphipolis became one of the major Greek cities on the N Aegean. This colony was captured by Sparta, and Brasidas and Cleon were both killed in a battle there in 422 BC After it was returned to Athens in 421 BC, it actually had virtual independence until captured (357 BC) by Philip II of Macedon. He had promised to restore it to Athens, and his retention of Amphipolis was a major cause of the war with Athens. In 148 BC it became the capital of the Roman province of Macedonia. Paul, Silas, and Timothy passed through Amphipolis (Acts 17.1). Nearby is the modern Greek village of Amfípolis."</i></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Amphipolis.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Amphipolis.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Amphipolis.aspx</a></p><p>----</p><p><i>"......Alexander seems to have liked Amphipolis, because one of his last plans was to spend no less than 315 ton silver for a splendid new temple in the city that was to be dedicated to Artemis Tauropolus. It was never built, but after Alexander's death on 11 June 323 in Babylon, his wife queen Roxane settled in Amphipolis, which appears to have become one of the residences of the Macedonian royals. In 179, king Philip V died in the town." </i></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.livius.org/am-ao/amphipolis/amphipolis.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.livius.org/am-ao/amphipolis/amphipolis.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.livius.org/am-ao/amphipolis/amphipolis.html</a></p><p> </p><p>-----</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.bibleplaces.com/images/Amphipolis_lion,_tb011301016.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="randygeki, post: 476268, member: 13719"][b]Amphipolis[/b] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Amphipolis_location.jpg"][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Amphipolis_location.jpg/250px-Amphipolis_location.jpg[/IMG][/URL] satilite veiw [URL="http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&om=1&z=14&ll=40.800426,23.856897&spn=0.03697,0.069351&t=k"]maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&om=1&z=14&ll=40.800426,23.856897&spn=0.03697,0.069351&t=k[/URL] [B]Amphipolis [SIZE=2](north of the Aegean Sea) [/SIZE][/B] [I]"From: [B]The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition [/B]| Date: [B]2008[/B] | The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright 2008 Columbia University Press. [/I] [I]Amphipolis , ancient city of Macedonia, on the Strymon (Struma) River near the sea and NE of later Thessaloníki. The place was known as Ennea Hodoi [nine ways] before it was settled and was of interest because of the gold and silver and timber of Mt. Pangaeus (Pangaion), to which it gave access. Athenian colonists were driven out (c.464 BC) by Thracians, but a colony was established in 437 BC Amphipolis became one of the major Greek cities on the N Aegean. This colony was captured by Sparta, and Brasidas and Cleon were both killed in a battle there in 422 BC After it was returned to Athens in 421 BC, it actually had virtual independence until captured (357 BC) by Philip II of Macedon. He had promised to restore it to Athens, and his retention of Amphipolis was a major cause of the war with Athens. In 148 BC it became the capital of the Roman province of Macedonia. Paul, Silas, and Timothy passed through Amphipolis (Acts 17.1). Nearby is the modern Greek village of Amfípolis."[/I] [URL]http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Amphipolis.aspx[/URL] ---- [I]"......Alexander seems to have liked Amphipolis, because one of his last plans was to spend no less than 315 ton silver for a splendid new temple in the city that was to be dedicated to Artemis Tauropolus. It was never built, but after Alexander's death on 11 June 323 in Babylon, his wife queen Roxane settled in Amphipolis, which appears to have become one of the residences of the Macedonian royals. In 179, king Philip V died in the town." [/I] [URL]http://www.livius.org/am-ao/amphipolis/amphipolis.html[/URL] ----- [IMG]http://www.bibleplaces.com/images/Amphipolis_lion,_tb011301016.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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