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

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Potidaia, alternatively Potidaea (Ancient Greek: Ποτίδαια, Ποτείδαια) was a polis of ancient 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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