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Six - Ancient Methone (354 B.C.)

Destruction and Abandonment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2021

By
Manthos Bessios ,
Athina Athanassiadou  and
Kontantinos Noulas
Edited by
Sylvian Fachard  and
Edward M. Harris
Sylvian Fachard
Affiliation:
University of Lausanne
Edward M. Harris
Affiliation:
University of Durham
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Summary

The chapter presents the results of the latest excavations at Methone and its capture by Philip II of Macedon. The siege is exceptionally well documented archaeologically, and the city does not recover.

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MethonePhilip IIPieriaMacedon
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The Destruction of Cities in the Ancient Greek World
Integrating the Archaeological and Literary Evidence
 , pp. 108 - 128
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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