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[[File:ACOD_Potidaia.jpg|thumb|250px|Potidaia]]
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'''Potidaia''', alternatively '''Potidaea''', was a small [[Korinth]]ian colony located at the western most of the [[Triple Peninsula of Chalkidike|Chalkidike]] peninsula in [[Makedonia]], [[Greece]].
|name = Potidaia
|image = ACOD_Potidaia.jpg
|state = [[Greece]]
|founded = Greeks from [[Korinth]]
|date = 600 BCE
|}}


Founded by Korinth to make trade easier in Makedonia, the colony sought the help of [[Sparta]] and Korinth against [[Athens]] and their excessive demands, leading to a [[Battle of Potidaea|siege]] by Athens. This battle served as a catalyst for the [[Peloponnesian War]].<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>
[[File:|thumb|250px|Potidaia]]
'''Potidaia''', alternatively '''Potidaea''' (Ancient Greek: Ποτίδαια, Ποτείδαια) was an ''[[polis]]'' in [[Greece]], located in the [[Triple Peninsula of Chalkidike]] region of [[Makedonia]].
 
Founded as a colony by [[Korinth]] to make trade easier in Makedonia, Potidaia sought the help of [[Sparta]] and Korinth against [[Athens]] and their excessive demands, leading to a [[Battle of Potidaea|siege]] by Athens in 430 BCE. This battle served as a catalyst for the [[Peloponnesian War]].<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>


During the war, the partly destroyed colony was visited by the Spartan ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]].<ref name="ACOd" />
During the war, the partly destroyed colony was visited by the Spartan ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]].<ref name="ACOd" />

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[[File:|thumb|250px|Potidaia]] Potidaia, alternatively Potidaea (Ancient Greek: Ποτίδαια, Ποτείδαια) was an polis in Greece, located in the Triple Peninsula of Chalkidike region of Makedonia.

Founded as a colony by Korinth to make trade easier in Makedonia, Potidaia sought the help of Sparta and Korinth against Athens and their excessive demands, leading to a siege by Athens in 430 BCE. This battle served as a catalyst for the Peloponnesian War.[1]

During the war, the partly destroyed colony was visited by the Spartan misthios Kassandra.[1]

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