Campsa (Macedonia)

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Kapsa
, Macedon, circa 400 BC
Kapsa is located in Greece
Kapsa
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Location of Kapsa

Campsa or Kampsa (

Pallene where Xerxes recruited troops in his expedition of the year 480 BCE against Greece.[1]

Other names borne by the city were Scapsa or Skapsa (Σκάψα), under which name it appears on Athenian tribute lists from 452/1 BCE,[2] and Capsa or Kapsa (Κάψα).[3] The city was a member of the Chalcidian League.[2]

Coinage of Kapsa, Macedon, circa 400 BC.

Its site is unlocated,[3] but is sometimes considered to be near the silver mines 12 miles E-S-E of Thessaloniki.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 7.123.
  2. ^ a b Lohmann, Hans (October 2006). "Scapsa". Brill's New Pauly. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  3. ^
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  4. ^ Dictionnaire géographique universel, contenant la description de tous les lieux du globe intéressans sous le rapport de la géographie physique et politique, de l'histoire, de la statistique, du commerce, de l'industrie, etc (in French). A.J. Killian. 1832. p. 274.
  5. ^ KAPSA (Ancient city) THESSALONIKI - GTP.


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