Stratonicea (Chalcidice)
Stratonicea or Stratonikeia (Ancient Greek: Στρατονίκεια), also Stratoniki or Stratonice (Στρατονίκη), was a town of Chalcidice in ancient Macedonia. It was a Hellenistic foundation on the west coast of the Akte peninsula (now Mount Athos), a few kilometers northwest of Cleonae. According to Claudius Ptolemy, the city was located on the Singitic Gulf.[1]
Its site is unlocated.[2]
References
- Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 3.2.19.
- Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 51, and directory notes accompanying.
Sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Stratonice". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
- Hazlitt's Classical Gazetteer
- Blue Guide, Greece (ISBN 0-393-30372-1), p. 599
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