Bottiaeans
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Bottiaeans or Bottiaei were an ancient people of uncertain origin, living in Central Macedonia
. Sometime, during the Archaic period, they were expelled by Macedon
ians from Bottiaea
to Bottike
. During the Classical
era, they played an active role in the military history of ancient Chalcidice
, but after the Macedonian conquest under Philip II
nothing remained except the names of these two regions and the adjective Bottiaea
n, which was limited to sole geographical meaning. Unlike other tribes of Macedonia ruled by kings or living in villages, Bottiaeans developed some polis
form of self-government. Unfortunately, no Bottiaean individual is known to us and the limited historical or archaeological sources shed no further light.
, Bottiaeans were Cretan immigrants from Iapygia, named so after their leader , Botton, in pre-Argead Macedonia
(Emathia), most of which, as Strabo says, was held by Bottiaeans and Thracians
, as well Paionians, Illyrians and Epirotes. According to Plutarch
, they were Athenian slaves of Minoan Crete, relating the following passage:
The same story is related by the, Roman-era as well, mythographer Conon
. Homer
and early Epic poets make no mention. Herodotus
in 7.185.1 lists them along with various tribes in the Xerxes I's European army. In 8.127.1:
Thucydides
(2.99) includes Bottiaeans along with other deported nations by Macedonians
. They were deported from Bottiaea
to Bottike
after the expulsion of Pieres
from Pieria to Pieris
. According to the 'Cambridge ancient history' :
However, if two 6th and early 5th century BC cow-and-calf coins found in Bottiaea
belong to Bottiaeans, it seems that not all of them were expelled.
Some toponyms of Bottiaea
have been proposed of having Cretan origin (Gortynia - Gortys , Axius
- Oaxos, Europos
- Europa
etc.) but nothing is conclusive. Various origins have been speculated: Minoan
, Greek
, Thracian
, even Messapian
.
the chief city of Bottiaeans in Bottike, was one of the first (454 BC) and stable members of the Delian League
under the Thracian phoros. It appears in most of the Athenian tribute lists except in 446/5 BC; there we have the phrase Bottiaeans and s.. , which may be read as Bottiaeans and Spartolos or Bottiaeans and synteleis (contributors).
No doubt the Bottiaean league was formed between 432 and 421. In the beginning of the Peloponnesian War
, Bottiaeans and Chalcidians
revolted from the Athenian Empire (432 BC , Thuc. 1.57). In 429 BC
the Athenians arriving before Spartolus in Bottike, they destroyed the corn and had some hopes of the city coming over through the intrigues of a faction. In the battle of Spartolos, the heavy Chalcidian infantry, the Spartolian psiloi
and peltast
s from Crusis
and Olynthus
, jointly defeated the Athenian army and set up a trophy, took up their dead, and dispersed to their several cities (Thuc. 2.79.1).
In 425 BC Bottiaeans and Chalcidians defeated again the Athenian general Simonides (Thuc.4.7.1) , when he attacked Eion. However, in the Athenian tribute list of 425/4 BC, Spartolians is mentioned. The name is partly restored. Only ΣΠ is legible and since no other name in the Thracian phoros begins with Sp, the restoration seems inevitable. Olynthus also is listed next.
In 422 BC or after, before or as a consequence of the Peace of Nicias
, Athenians made a special alliance and oath with Bottiaeans. As the inscription reads with the boule
and strategoi
of Bottiaeans, as well the other archon
tes of the Bottiaean cities. Not all the names of the cities are legible; only Kalindoia
, Tripoiai , Kemakai or Kamakai and Aioleion or Haioleion. This mention of Kalindoia
, a city of Mygdonia, means that Bottike may refer either to regions of Mygdonia and Chalcidice, inhabited by Bottiaeans or that Bottiaean cities existed also outside of geographical Bottike
.
In early 4th century BC, Bottiaeans are mentioned, for the last time, in a treaty between Amyntas III and the Chalcidians
: With the Amphipolitans
, Bottiaeans, Acanthians and Mendaeans, they shall not make friendship, neither Amyntas nor the Chalcidians separately, but with common consent;.
As for the silver and bronze coinage of Bottice (Βοττιαίων, of Bottiaeans) it may be categorized to : 1. the same type of Chalcidian League coins (Apollo or Artemis with cithara or lyre
) which means that they were at that time allies of Chalcidians. 2. Demeter and forepart of bull in incuse square.
There were between six and twelve Bottiaean cities: Spartolos
, Kalindoia
, Kamakai, Tripoiai, Haioleion and Olynthos (until 479 ). Other six cities can be classified as probable Bottiaean: Kithas, Tinde, Prassilos, Pleume, Sinos and Thamiskos.
district. In epigraphy, the Macedon
ians for clarification used the suffix -eatai , Botteatai, Botteatôn (cf. Italiotes
and Egyptiotes
). It may refer either to coins or to the inhbabitans of Bottiaea
.
The phrase of Stephanus of Byzantium
that Nikaea in Bithynia
was a colony of Bottiaeans (Bottiaiôn apoikos) may mean that Lysimachus
used as colonists population from Bottiaea
or Bottike
. The citizens of Kalindoia
must have been relocated somewhere else, since the city was given to Macedonians. Some towns of Bottike
may also have been among the 26 relocated settlements under Cassander for the creation of Thessalonica.
Central Macedonia
Central Macedonia is one of the thirteen regions of Greece, consisting of the central part of the region of Macedonia. With a population of over 1.8 million, it is the second most populous in Greece after Attica.- Administration :...
. Sometime, during the Archaic period, they were expelled by Macedon
Macedon
Macedonia or Macedon was an ancient kingdom, centered in the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, bordered by Epirus to the west, Paeonia to the north, the region of Thrace to the east and Thessaly to the south....
ians from Bottiaea
Bottiaea
Bottiaea was a geographical region of ancient Macedonia and an administrative district of the Macedonian Kingdom. It was previously inhabited by the Bottiaeans, a people of uncertain origin, later expelled by the Macedonians into Bottike...
to Bottike
Bottike
Bottike or Bottice was a western region of ancient Chalcidice, inhabited by Bottiaeans, who , were expelled from their homeland Bottiaea by Macedonians sometime in the Archaic period . Their chief polis was Spartolos. Bottiaeans were members and allies of the Delian League...
. During the Classical
Classical Greece
Classical Greece was a 200 year period in Greek culture lasting from the 5th through 4th centuries BC. This classical period had a powerful influence on the Roman Empire and greatly influenced the foundation of Western civilizations. Much of modern Western politics, artistic thought, such as...
era, they played an active role in the military history of ancient Chalcidice
Chalcidice
Chalkidiki, also Halkidiki, Chalcidice or Chalkidike , is a peninsula in northern Greece, and one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Central Macedonia. The autonomous Mount Athos region is part of the peninsula, but not of the regional unit...
, but after the Macedonian conquest under Philip II
Philip II of Macedon
Philip II of Macedon "friend" + ἵππος "horse" — transliterated ; 382 – 336 BC), was a king of Macedon from 359 BC until his assassination in 336 BC. He was the father of Alexander the Great and Philip III.-Biography:...
nothing remained except the names of these two regions and the adjective Bottiaea
Bottiaea
Bottiaea was a geographical region of ancient Macedonia and an administrative district of the Macedonian Kingdom. It was previously inhabited by the Bottiaeans, a people of uncertain origin, later expelled by the Macedonians into Bottike...
n, which was limited to sole geographical meaning. Unlike other tribes of Macedonia ruled by kings or living in villages, Bottiaeans developed some polis
Polis
Polis , plural poleis , literally means city in Greek. It could also mean citizenship and body of citizens. In modern historiography "polis" is normally used to indicate the ancient Greek city-states, like Classical Athens and its contemporaries, so polis is often translated as "city-state."The...
form of self-government. Unfortunately, no Bottiaean individual is known to us and the limited historical or archaeological sources shed no further light.
Origin
According to StraboStrabo
Strabo, also written Strabon was a Greek historian, geographer and philosopher.-Life:Strabo was born to an affluent family from Amaseia in Pontus , a city which he said was situated the approximate equivalent of 75 km from the Black Sea...
, Bottiaeans were Cretan immigrants from Iapygia, named so after their leader , Botton, in pre-Argead Macedonia
Macedonia (region)
Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe. Its boundaries have changed considerably over time, but nowadays the region is considered to include parts of five Balkan countries: Greece, the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Serbia, as...
(Emathia), most of which, as Strabo says, was held by Bottiaeans and Thracians
Thracians
The ancient Thracians were a group of Indo-European tribes inhabiting areas including Thrace in Southeastern Europe. They spoke the Thracian language – a scarcely attested branch of the Indo-European language family...
, as well Paionians, Illyrians and Epirotes. According to Plutarch
Plutarch
Plutarch then named, on his becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus , c. 46 – 120 AD, was a Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia...
, they were Athenian slaves of Minoan Crete, relating the following passage:
The same story is related by the, Roman-era as well, mythographer Conon
Conon (mythographer)
For others uses, see CononConon was a Greek grammarian of the age of Augustus, the author of a work entitled , addressed to Archelaus Philopator, king of Cappadocia...
. Homer
Homer
In the Western classical tradition Homer , is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and is revered as the greatest ancient Greek epic poet. These epics lie at the beginning of the Western canon of literature, and have had an enormous influence on the history of literature.When he lived is...
and early Epic poets make no mention. Herodotus
Herodotus
Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus, Caria and lived in the 5th century BC . He has been called the "Father of History", and was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent and arrange them in a...
in 7.185.1 lists them along with various tribes in the Xerxes I's European army. In 8.127.1:
Thucydides
Thucydides
Thucydides was a Greek historian and author from Alimos. His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the 5th century BC war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 BC...
(2.99) includes Bottiaeans along with other deported nations by Macedonians
Ancient Macedonians
The Macedonians originated from inhabitants of the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, in the alluvial plain around the rivers Haliacmon and lower Axios...
. They were deported from Bottiaea
Bottiaea
Bottiaea was a geographical region of ancient Macedonia and an administrative district of the Macedonian Kingdom. It was previously inhabited by the Bottiaeans, a people of uncertain origin, later expelled by the Macedonians into Bottike...
to Bottike
Bottike
Bottike or Bottice was a western region of ancient Chalcidice, inhabited by Bottiaeans, who , were expelled from their homeland Bottiaea by Macedonians sometime in the Archaic period . Their chief polis was Spartolos. Bottiaeans were members and allies of the Delian League...
after the expulsion of Pieres
Pieres
The Pieres were a Thracian tribe connected with the Brygi, that long before the archaic period in Greece occupyied the narrow strip of plain land, or low hill, between the mouths of the Peneius and the Haliacmon rivers, at the foot of the great woody steeps of mount Olympus.-Expulsion:The Pieres...
from Pieria to Pieris
Pieris
Pieris can refer to:Organisms* Pieris is the andromeda or fetterbush genus in the plant family Ericaceae* Pieris , described by Franz Paula von Schrank in 1801, is the garden white genus in the butterfly family Pieridae...
. According to the 'Cambridge ancient history' :
However, if two 6th and early 5th century BC cow-and-calf coins found in Bottiaea
Bottiaea
Bottiaea was a geographical region of ancient Macedonia and an administrative district of the Macedonian Kingdom. It was previously inhabited by the Bottiaeans, a people of uncertain origin, later expelled by the Macedonians into Bottike...
belong to Bottiaeans, it seems that not all of them were expelled.
Some toponyms of Bottiaea
Bottiaea
Bottiaea was a geographical region of ancient Macedonia and an administrative district of the Macedonian Kingdom. It was previously inhabited by the Bottiaeans, a people of uncertain origin, later expelled by the Macedonians into Bottike...
have been proposed of having Cretan origin (Gortynia - Gortys , Axius
Vardar
The Vardar or Axios is the longest and major river in the Republic of Macedonia and also a major river of Greece. It is long, and drains an area of around . The maximum depth of river is ....
- Oaxos, Europos
Europos (Macedonia)
Europos was the name of a number of cities in ancient Macedonia, in the regions of Bottiaea, Almopia, Axius and lower Paionia. The exact position and the number of cities is debated. Europos was the birthplace of Seleucus I Nikator, and two cities in Seleucid Empire were named Europos...
- Europa
Europa (mythology)
In Greek mythology Europa was a Phoenician woman of high lineage, from whom the name of the continent Europe has ultimately been taken. The name Europa occurs in Hesiod's long list of daughters of primordial Oceanus and Tethys...
etc.) but nothing is conclusive. Various origins have been speculated: Minoan
Minoan civilization
The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age civilization that arose on the island of Crete and flourished from approximately the 27th century BC to the 15th century BC. It was rediscovered at the beginning of the 20th century through the work of the British archaeologist Arthur Evans...
, Greek
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
, Thracian
Thracians
The ancient Thracians were a group of Indo-European tribes inhabiting areas including Thrace in Southeastern Europe. They spoke the Thracian language – a scarcely attested branch of the Indo-European language family...
, even Messapian
Messapii
thumb|220px|Messapic ceramic, Archaeological Museum of [[Oria, Italy|Oria]], Apulia.The Messapii were an ancient tribe that inhabited, in historical times, the south-eastern peninsula or "heel" of Italy , known variously in ancient times as Calabria, Messapia and Iapygia...
.
League
SpartolosSpartolos
Spartolos was the chief city of the Bottiaeans, perhaps in Bottike, North-West Chalcidice. It was a member of the Delian League under the Thracian phoros, paying 2 or 3,5 talents, until the beginning of the Peloponnesian War, when the Bottiaean and the Chalkidian League revolted against Athens...
the chief city of Bottiaeans in Bottike, was one of the first (454 BC) and stable members of the Delian League
Delian League
The Delian League, founded in circa 477 BC, was an association of Greek city-states, members numbering between 150 to 173, under the leadership of Athens, whose purpose was to continue fighting the Persian Empire after the Greek victory in the Battle of Plataea at the end of the Greco–Persian Wars...
under the Thracian phoros. It appears in most of the Athenian tribute lists except in 446/5 BC; there we have the phrase Bottiaeans and s.. , which may be read as Bottiaeans and Spartolos or Bottiaeans and synteleis (contributors).
No doubt the Bottiaean league was formed between 432 and 421. In the beginning of the Peloponnesian War
Peloponnesian War
The Peloponnesian War, 431 to 404 BC, was an ancient Greek war fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. Historians have traditionally divided the war into three phases...
, Bottiaeans and Chalcidians
Chalkidian League
The Chalkidian League was a federal state that existed on the shores of the north west Aegean from around 430 BCE until it was destroyed by Philip II of Macedon in 348 BCE.-History:...
revolted from the Athenian Empire (432 BC , Thuc. 1.57). In 429 BC
429 BC
Year 429 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Tricipitinus and Fidenas...
the Athenians arriving before Spartolus in Bottike, they destroyed the corn and had some hopes of the city coming over through the intrigues of a faction. In the battle of Spartolos, the heavy Chalcidian infantry, the Spartolian psiloi
Psiloi
In Ancient Greek warfare, psiloi were extremely light infantry who acted as skirmishers and missile troops....
and peltast
Peltast
A peltast was a type of light infantry in Ancient Thrace who often served as skirmishers.-Description:Peltasts carried a crescent-shaped wicker shield called pelte as their main protection, hence their name. According to Aristotle the pelte was rimless and covered in goat or sheep skin...
s from Crusis
Crusis
Crusis or Crousis was called a maritime district of North-West Chalcidice from Potidaea to the Thermaic Gulf. It was named after Crusis the son of Mygdon...
and Olynthus
Olynthus
Olynthus was an ancient city of Chalcidice, built mostly on two flat-topped hills 30–40m in height, in a fertile plain at the head of the Gulf of Torone, near the neck of the peninsula of Pallene, about 2.5 kilometers from the sea, and about 60 stadia Olynthus was an ancient city of...
, jointly defeated the Athenian army and set up a trophy, took up their dead, and dispersed to their several cities (Thuc. 2.79.1).
In 425 BC Bottiaeans and Chalcidians defeated again the Athenian general Simonides (Thuc.4.7.1) , when he attacked Eion. However, in the Athenian tribute list of 425/4 BC, Spartolians is mentioned. The name is partly restored. Only ΣΠ is legible and since no other name in the Thracian phoros begins with Sp, the restoration seems inevitable. Olynthus also is listed next.
In 422 BC or after, before or as a consequence of the Peace of Nicias
Peace of Nicias
The Peace of Nicias was a peace treaty signed between the Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta in the March of 421 BC, ending the first half of the Peloponnesian War....
, Athenians made a special alliance and oath with Bottiaeans. As the inscription reads with the boule
Boule (Ancient Greece)
In cities of ancient Greece, the boule meaning to will ) was a council of citizens appointed to run daily affairs of the city...
and strategoi
Strategos
Strategos, plural strategoi, is used in Greek to mean "general". In the Hellenistic and Byzantine Empires the term was also used to describe a military governor...
of Bottiaeans, as well the other archon
Archon
Archon is a Greek word that means "ruler" or "lord", frequently used as the title of a specific public office. It is the masculine present participle of the verb stem ἀρχ-, meaning "to rule", derived from the same root as monarch, hierarchy, and anarchy.- Ancient Greece :In ancient Greece the...
tes of the Bottiaean cities. Not all the names of the cities are legible; only Kalindoia
Kalindoia
Kalindoia was an ancient Bottiaean city in Mygdonia .Kalindoia is first reported in the Athenian-Bottiaean alliance of 422 BC and later in the Epidaurian list of Theorodokoi of 360/59 BC. The name of Theodorokos was Pausanias, possibly the same as Pausanias, the pretender to the Macedonian...
, Tripoiai , Kemakai or Kamakai and Aioleion or Haioleion. This mention of Kalindoia
Kalindoia
Kalindoia was an ancient Bottiaean city in Mygdonia .Kalindoia is first reported in the Athenian-Bottiaean alliance of 422 BC and later in the Epidaurian list of Theorodokoi of 360/59 BC. The name of Theodorokos was Pausanias, possibly the same as Pausanias, the pretender to the Macedonian...
, a city of Mygdonia, means that Bottike may refer either to regions of Mygdonia and Chalcidice, inhabited by Bottiaeans or that Bottiaean cities existed also outside of geographical Bottike
Bottike
Bottike or Bottice was a western region of ancient Chalcidice, inhabited by Bottiaeans, who , were expelled from their homeland Bottiaea by Macedonians sometime in the Archaic period . Their chief polis was Spartolos. Bottiaeans were members and allies of the Delian League...
.
In early 4th century BC, Bottiaeans are mentioned, for the last time, in a treaty between Amyntas III and the Chalcidians
Treaties between Amyntas III and the Chalcidians
One column containg two treaties between Amyntas III of Macedon and the Chalkidian League has been discovered at Olynthus . The first treaty is dated in ca.393 BC, the second one before 382 BC...
: With the Amphipolitans
Amphipolis
Amphipolis was an ancient Greek city in the region once inhabited by the Edoni people in the present-day region of Central Macedonia. It was built on a raised plateau overlooking the east bank of the river Strymon where it emerged from Lake Cercinitis, about 3 m. from the Aegean Sea. Founded in...
, Bottiaeans, Acanthians and Mendaeans, they shall not make friendship, neither Amyntas nor the Chalcidians separately, but with common consent;.
As for the silver and bronze coinage of Bottice (Βοττιαίων, of Bottiaeans) it may be categorized to : 1. the same type of Chalcidian League coins (Apollo or Artemis with cithara or lyre
Lyre
The lyre is a stringed musical instrument known for its use in Greek classical antiquity and later. The word comes from the Greek "λύρα" and the earliest reference to the word is the Mycenaean Greek ru-ra-ta-e, meaning "lyrists", written in Linear B syllabic script...
) which means that they were at that time allies of Chalcidians. 2. Demeter and forepart of bull in incuse square.
There were between six and twelve Bottiaean cities: Spartolos
Spartolos
Spartolos was the chief city of the Bottiaeans, perhaps in Bottike, North-West Chalcidice. It was a member of the Delian League under the Thracian phoros, paying 2 or 3,5 talents, until the beginning of the Peloponnesian War, when the Bottiaean and the Chalkidian League revolted against Athens...
, Kalindoia
Kalindoia
Kalindoia was an ancient Bottiaean city in Mygdonia .Kalindoia is first reported in the Athenian-Bottiaean alliance of 422 BC and later in the Epidaurian list of Theorodokoi of 360/59 BC. The name of Theodorokos was Pausanias, possibly the same as Pausanias, the pretender to the Macedonian...
, Kamakai, Tripoiai, Haioleion and Olynthos (until 479 ). Other six cities can be classified as probable Bottiaean: Kithas, Tinde, Prassilos, Pleume, Sinos and Thamiskos.
Aftermath
In the Hellenistic and Roman era the name Bottiaean denotes of the BottiaeaBottiaea
Bottiaea was a geographical region of ancient Macedonia and an administrative district of the Macedonian Kingdom. It was previously inhabited by the Bottiaeans, a people of uncertain origin, later expelled by the Macedonians into Bottike...
district. In epigraphy, the Macedon
Macedon
Macedonia or Macedon was an ancient kingdom, centered in the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, bordered by Epirus to the west, Paeonia to the north, the region of Thrace to the east and Thessaly to the south....
ians for clarification used the suffix -eatai , Botteatai, Botteatôn (cf. Italiotes
Italiotes
The Italiotes were the pre-Roman Greek-speaking inhabitants of the Italian Peninsula, between Naples and Sicily.Greek colonization of the coastal areas of southern Italy and Sicily started in the 8th century BC and, by the time of Roman ascendance, the area was so extensively hellenized that...
and Egyptiotes
Greeks in Egypt
-Antiquity:Greeks have been living in Egypt since the ancient times. Herodotus, who visited Egypt in the 5th century BC, claimed that the Greeks were one of the first foreigners that ever lived in Egypt. Diodorus Siculus attested that Rhodian Actis, one of the Heliadae built the city of Heliopolis...
). It may refer either to coins or to the inhbabitans of Bottiaea
Bottiaea
Bottiaea was a geographical region of ancient Macedonia and an administrative district of the Macedonian Kingdom. It was previously inhabited by the Bottiaeans, a people of uncertain origin, later expelled by the Macedonians into Bottike...
.
The phrase of Stephanus of Byzantium
Stephanus of Byzantium
Stephen of Byzantium, also known as Stephanus Byzantinus , was the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled Ethnica...
that Nikaea in Bithynia
Bithynia
Bithynia was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor, adjoining the Propontis, the Thracian Bosporus and the Euxine .-Description:...
was a colony of Bottiaeans (Bottiaiôn apoikos) may mean that Lysimachus
Lysimachus
Lysimachus was a Macedonian officer and diadochus of Alexander the Great, who became a basileus in 306 BC, ruling Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedon.-Early Life & Career:...
used as colonists population from Bottiaea
Bottiaea
Bottiaea was a geographical region of ancient Macedonia and an administrative district of the Macedonian Kingdom. It was previously inhabited by the Bottiaeans, a people of uncertain origin, later expelled by the Macedonians into Bottike...
or Bottike
Bottike
Bottike or Bottice was a western region of ancient Chalcidice, inhabited by Bottiaeans, who , were expelled from their homeland Bottiaea by Macedonians sometime in the Archaic period . Their chief polis was Spartolos. Bottiaeans were members and allies of the Delian League...
. The citizens of Kalindoia
Kalindoia
Kalindoia was an ancient Bottiaean city in Mygdonia .Kalindoia is first reported in the Athenian-Bottiaean alliance of 422 BC and later in the Epidaurian list of Theorodokoi of 360/59 BC. The name of Theodorokos was Pausanias, possibly the same as Pausanias, the pretender to the Macedonian...
must have been relocated somewhere else, since the city was given to Macedonians. Some towns of Bottike
Bottike
Bottike or Bottice was a western region of ancient Chalcidice, inhabited by Bottiaeans, who , were expelled from their homeland Bottiaea by Macedonians sometime in the Archaic period . Their chief polis was Spartolos. Bottiaeans were members and allies of the Delian League...
may also have been among the 26 relocated settlements under Cassander for the creation of Thessalonica.