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Amphipolis
Meaning: city on both sides. Polis is the Greek word for city.
Ancient Greek: Ἀμφίπολις —transliteration: Amphipolis (the Romanized version of the name)
Amphipolis was a Macedonian city, a great Roman military station, through which Paul and Silas passed on their way from Philippi to Thessalonica, a distance of 33 Roman miles from Philippi (Acts 17:1). The Ignatia Way, an east-west Roman road, went through the city connecting it to Italy and Asia.
“Now when they [Paul and Silas] had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews” —Acts 17:1 KJV
The city is just north of the Aegean Sea, located on a terraced hill at a bend in the Stremones River (aka Struma, Strymon, or Strymónas), which drains into Lake Cercinitus. The river surrounded the city on three sides, with a wall protecting the fourth.
Amphipolis was originally a colony of ancient Athenians.
Region
The city was located in ancient Edonis (or Edonida), transliterated as Edonia, a region of Thrace. Today ancient Amphipolis is located in Greece.
Archaeology
Archaeologists have uncovered significant ancient buildings, a gymnasium, walls, columns, tombs, carved stone sphinxes, sculptures, ancient coins, pottery and more.
- Archaeological Museum of Amphipolis
- The Amphipolis Tomb (Greece’s largest tomb)
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- Lion of Amphipolis
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- Archaeological Park of Amphipolis
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