Poteidaia
Poteidaia, an ancient city located in northeast Greece on the
narrowest point of the Pallene peninsula, Chalcidice, was a
Corinthian colony around 600 BC, but joined the Delian League.
In 432 BC, Poteidaia revolted against Athens with Corinthian
help, providing one of the incitements to the Peloponnesian War.
In 430 or 429, Athens recaptured the city. In 357 BC, Philip II
of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great, took Poteidaia and may
have destroyed it in the ensuing war. Rebuilt by Cassander, the
city was renamed Cassandreia.
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