Antigonia Psaphara

Antigonia Psaphara or Antigoneia Psaphara (Ancient Greek: Ἀντιγόνεια Ψαφαρά), or simply Antigonia, Antigonea, or Antigoneia (Ἀντιγόνεια) was a Hellenistic city in Macedon in the district Crusis (Krousis) in Chalcidice, placed by Livy between Aeneia and Pallene.^[1] It is called Psaphara by Ptolemy^[2] probably in order to distinguish it from Antigonia in Paeonia.^[3]

The site of Antigonia Psaphara is about 3 miles (5 km) north of .^[4]^[5]

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^ Livy. Ab Urbe Condita Libri (History of Rome). 44.10.
^ Ptolemy. The Geography. 3.13.38.
^ William Martin Leake, Northern Greece, vol. iii. p. 460.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 50, and directory notes accompanying.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Antigoneia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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Coordinates: 40°22′48″N 23°03′12″E / 40.379935°N 23.053413°E / 40.379935; 23.053413

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[1] Livy. Ab Urbe Condita Libri (History of Rome). 44.10.

[2] Ptolemy. The Geography. 3.13.38.

[3] William Martin Leake, Northern Greece, vol. iii. p. 460.

[4] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 50, and directory notes accompanying.

[5] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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