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Acanthus (Greece)
Acanthus was an ancient Greek city on the Chalcidice peninsula in northern Greece, near the isthmus of Mount Athos, founded by colonists from Andros around 655 BCE. Xerxes' army passed it in 480 BCE while digging a canal through the isthmus, and in 424 BCE it went over to the Spartan Brasidas. Its appeal to Sparta in 382 BCE led to the war that broke up the Chalcidian League.
Mentioned in 2 state histories
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