Sarta (Chalcidice)

Sarta or Sarte (Ancient Greek: Σάρτη)^[1] was a maritime town on the Sithonia peninsula of Chalcidice, in ancient Macedonia, on the Singitic Gulf between Singus and the promontory of .

It is cited by Herodotus as one of the cities—together with Pilorus, Singus, and Assa—located near Mount Athos, which Xerxes ordered to open a channel through which his fleet passed, and from which he recruited troops in his expedition of the year 480 BCE against Greece.^[2]

It belonged to the Delian League, since it appears in the tribute registry of Athens from 434/3 to 415/4 BCE.^[3]

Its site is located about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of modern Sarti.^[4]^[5]

References[]

^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
^ Herodotus. Histories. 7.122.
^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thrace from Axios to Strymon". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 840. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 51, 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). "Sarta". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

Coordinates: 40°05′15″N 23°58′43″E / 40.087542°N 23.978698°E / 40.087542; 23.978698

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[1] Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.

[2] Herodotus. Histories. 7.122.

[Poleis-3] Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thrace from Axios to Strymon". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 840. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.

[Barrington-4] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 51, and directory notes accompanying.

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

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