Kemakai

Camacae

Camacae

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Camacae or Kamakai (Ancient Greek: Καμακαί), also known as Cemacae or Kemakai (Κεμακαί), was a town of Bottiaea,[1] Chalcidice, in ancient Macedonia. It belonged to the Delian League since it appears in the tribute registers of Athens, although only once in the year 421/20 BCE, where it paid a phoros of 600 drachmas.[2] It is also cited in a treaty of alliance between the Athenians and Bottiaeans of the year 422 BCE[3] from which it is deduced that it belonged to the territory of Bottiaea and that was a neighbor of Calindoia, but its exact location is unknown. In the year 323 BCE, it was one of the cities delivered by Alexander the Great to Macedonians. [4][5]

Its site is unlocated.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 50, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  2. [2]
    IG I³ 285, col. III,11.
  3. [3]
    IG I³ 76, 44,47.
  4. [4]
    "RegionsNorthern Greece (IG X)Macedonia", SEG 36.626, 4-9.
  5. [5]
    Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thrace from Axios to Strymon". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 829. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.


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