- Pydna
:"Pydna is also a rocket station of the American Army in
Germany , seePydna (rocket station) "Infobox Greek Dimos
name = Pydna
name_local = Πύδνα
periph =Central Macedonia
prefec =Pieria
province =
population = 4012
population_as_of = 2001
population_ref = [http://www.statistics.gr/gr_tables/S1101_SAP_1_TB_DC_01_03_Y.pdf source]
pop_dens =
area =
elevation = 78
lat_deg = 40
lat_min = 22
lat_hem = N
lon_deg = 22
lon_min = 35
lon_hem = E
postal_code = 600 64
area_code = 23510
licence = KN
mayor =
website =
caption_skyline =
city_
city_
districts =
party =
since =
elevation_min =
elevation_max =Pydna (in Greek: Πύδνα, older transliteration: Púdna), also Pidna was a Greek city in ancient
Macedon , the most important in Pieria. Modern Pydna is a rural municipality and coastal town in the northeastern part of the Prefecture ofPieria . Pydna is situated in fertile land to the north of thePierian plain . Hills and mountains dominate the west, while beaches and theThermian Gulf dominate the east. Pydna is linked with GR-1/E75 through its interchange to its west and in Kitros. The old highway ran through Pydna. It is located N ofLarissa , NE ofKaterini , ESE ofVeria and WSW ofThessaloniki .Nearest places
*Methone, north
*Korinos , southwest
*Katerini , southwest (County Town)Ancient Pydna
Pydna was founded by Euboeans in early
7th century BC .
Alexander I took the city (Thucydides I.131.1), but later Pydna regained its independence. It was besieged by the Athenians in432 BC . Pydna was brought back under Macedonian rule in410 BC by Archelaus, who reestablished the city twenty stadia further inland (Diodorus of Sicily 13.14). The Athenians seized Pydna in364 BC , only to have it retaken eight years later byPhilip II of Macedon , in spite of a secret agreement that bound it to Athens. Pydna was raided byAlexander the Great on his march on Persia. All 5 treasuries were looted and burned.Cassander besieged and captured Pydna in317 BC and had the queen mother,Olympias , who had taken refuge there, put to death.The
Battle of Pydna (June 22 ,168 BC ), in which the Roman general Aemilius Paulus defeated King Perseus, ended the reign of theAntigonid dynasty over Macedon.The site of the city is disputed but may correspond, according to epigraphic evidence agreeing with Byzantine tradition, to the village of
Kitros rather than toAlonia .Pydna is the location of a Macedonian tomb discovered and explored by
Léon Heuzey during his archaeological expedition in 1867.Modern Pydna
Pydna today is a town that is located near the archaeological site.
Other
Pydna has Primary and Secondary schools, banks, a post office, sports facilities, beaches located to the east, and traditional Greek "Plateia" - town and village "squares". ("plateies").
Historical population
References
*
Léon Heuzey ,H. Daumet , "Mission archéologique de Macédoine " ("Archaeological Mission in Macedonia"),Paris , 1876, 239-266.
*R. Danoff , "RE" s. v. "Pydna", Suppl. X (1965), 833-842.External links
* [http://www.livius.org Livius] , [http://www.livius.org/ps-pz/pydna/pydna.html Pydna] by Jona Lendering (ancient history of Pydna)
* [http://www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21116/e211pa13.html Ancient Pydna]
*http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0840609.html
* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?tb=1&city=Pydna&country=GR Mapquest - Pydna] , street map not yet available
* [http://www.musesnet.gr/etimes/BATTLE%20OF%20PYDNA.htm] The Battle of Pydna
* [http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/macedonianwars/articles/pydna.aspx The Third Macedonian War and the Battle of Pydna (168 BC)] by John FossSee also
*
Communities of Pieria
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.