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Six - Ancient Methone (354 B.C.)

Destruction and Abandonment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2021

Sylvian Fachard
Affiliation:
University of Lausanne
Edward M. Harris
Affiliation:
University of Durham
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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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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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