Pella, Macedonia, 300BC
Pella, Macedonia, Greece, 300BC
In ancient times, Pella was a strategic port connected to the Thermaic Gulf by a navigable inlet, but the harbour and gulf have long since silted up, leaving the site landlocked. This map represents the area before the sea retreated.
Pella is best-known for serving as the capital city of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon, and was the birthplace of Alexander the Great.
According to Xenophon, in the beginning of the 4th century BC Pella was the largest Macedonian city. It was the birthplace and seats of Philip II, in 382 BC and of Alexander the Great, his son, in 356 BC. It was already a walled city in the time of Philip II and he made the city of great international importance so that it flourished and became the largest and richest city in Macedonia.
