Ancient Olynthus

Olynthus is an ancient city in present-day Chalcidice, Greece. It was built mostly on two flat-topped hills 30–40m in height, in a fertile plain at the head of the Gulf of Torone, near the neck of the peninsula of Pallene, about 2.5 kilometers from the sea, and about 60 stadia from Poteidaea.
  • Location: Olynthus, Central Macedonia, Greece
  • Part of: Chalcidian League
  • Length: 1500
  • Width: 400
  • Area: 60 ha (150 acres)
  • Founded: 7th century BC
  • Abandoned: 318 BC

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