Location information

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History (2)

Battles

The battle at Philippi, 42 B.C.

Foundation/Settlement of the place

By Thasians

While these things were going on, the Thasians settled the place called Crenides,8 which the king afterward named Philippi for himself and made a populous settlement.

Perseus: Diodorus Siculus, Library (ed. C. H. Oldfather, 1989).

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=...

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