Bottiaea
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Bottiaea (Greek: Βοττιαία Bottiaia) was a geographical region of ancient Macedonia and an administrative district of the Macedonian Kingdom. It was previously inhabited by the Bottiaeans, a people of uncertain origin, later expelled by the Macedonians into Bottike (Chalcidice). In Roman times it was replaced by Emathia as a geographical term.
Geography[]
Bottiaea comprised the northeastern part of Imathia and the area between the Loudias and the Axios Rivers (the western area of today's Giannitsa).
Towns[]
The historic cities of Bottiaea were Aloros, Pella (second capital of Macedon), Edessa, Atalanta, Gortynia, Kyrros, Skydra, and Ichnae.
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