| LC control no. | sh 85100748 |
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| Geographic heading | Philippi (Extinct city) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Greece--Philippi (Extinct city) |
| Variant(s) | Crenides (Extinct city) Fílippoi (Extinct city) Krenides (Extinct city) Philippes (Extinct city) Philippi (City) Philippoi (Greece : Extinct city) |
| See also | Extinct cities--Greece Greece--Antiquities |
| Found in | Work cat: Sève, M. Philippes 1914-2014: t.p. (Philippes = Philippoi = Philippi) p. 61(Philippi; a Greek city founded by the Macedonian king Philip II in a region populated by Thracians, later colonised by the Romans; the site was abandoned in the fourteenth century) Wikipedia, 6 May 2016 (Philippi was a city in eastern Macedonia, established by Philip II of Macedon in 356 BC and abandoned in the 14th century after the Ottoman conquest; Philippi was established on the site of the Thrasian colony of Krinides or Crenides... near the head of the Aegean Sea and at the foot of Mt. Orbelos, now called Mt. Lekani, about 8 miles north-west of Kavalla) |
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