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Amphaxitis

AMFAXITIS (Ancient area) KILKIS
Amphaxitis (Amphaxitis), the maritime part of Mygdonia in Macedonia, on the left bank of the Axius, which, according to Strabo, separated Bottiaea from Amphaxitis. The name first occurs in Polybius. No town of this name is mentioned by ancient writers, though the Amphaxii are found on coins. (Pol. v. 97; Strab. p. 330; Ptol. iii. 13. § § 10,14; Leake, Northern Greece, vol. iii. p. 449.)

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD)
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Amphaxits

Amphaxits was in the region of the Axius valley in Kilkis prefecture.