Nicaea, Locris
Cité antique · Grèce
- Abandonné
- inconnu
- Fondé
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordonnées
- 38.805, 22.597
Pourquoi abandonné
🏛️ Ruines antiques
Détecté automatiquement d’après le texte : ancient city of Locris, Greece
Histoire
Nicaea or Nikaia, was an ancient fortress of the Epicnemidian Locrians, situated upon the sea, and close to the pass of Thermopylae. It is described by Aeschines as one of the places which commanded the pass. It was the first Locrian town after Alpenos, the latter being at the very entrance of the pass. The surrender of Nicaea by Phalaecus to Philip II, in 346 BCE, made the Macedonian king master of Thermopylae, and brought the Third Sacred War to an end. Philip kept possession of it for some time, but subsequently gave it to the Thessalians along with Magnesia. But in 340 BC we again find Nicaea in the possession of Philip. According to Memnon of Heraclea, Nicaea was destroyed by the Phocians, and its inhabitants founded Bithynian Nicaea.
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