Region: Southern Europe · Coordinates: 40.826, 23.842 · 13 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 464 BC | Diodorus Siculus, Library of History | Athens sent 10,000 settlers to Amphipolis. |
| 424 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | In winter Brasidas marches toward Amphipolis with his Thracian allies |
| 424 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | Eucles asks Thucydides on Thasos for help, and he sets out with seven ships |
| 424 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | When generous terms are offered (withdrawal allowed within five days), Amphipolis surrenders |
| 423 BC | Diodorus Siculus, Library of History | Cleon pursued Brasidas and fought at Amphipolis; Brasidas was killed. |
| 422 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | Amid his troops' grumbling, Cleon camps on the heights before Amphipolis and surveys the lake and walls |
| 422 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | Brasidas charges from the gate and breaks the Athenian center, while Clearidas attacks from the Thracian Gate in a pincer |
| 422 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | Cleon is killed by a Myrcinian peltast as he flees, and Brasidas also dies soon of his wound |
| 422 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | The Amphipolitans bury Brasidas at public expense, worship him as founder, and remove Hagnon's monuments |
| 421 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | Spartan envoys order the handover of Amphipolis, but Clearidas refuses, citing the Chalcidians' wishes |
| 394 BC | Xenophon, Hellenica | At Amphipolis Derkylidas receives news of the Lacedaemonian great victory (eight dead). |
| 335 BC | Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander | As spring approached, he set out from Amphipolis and marched toward Thrace by way of the Triballi and Illyria, entering the land of the independent Thracians. |
| 168 BC | Livy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) | Paullus placed Roman officers in each surrendered city so the defeated would not be mistreated |