“…In the years that followed, the strategic location and rich natural resources of the aforementioned regions, especially of Bisaltia and Edonis, made these the conflict zone between Athenians, Spartans, Persians and Macedonians. This situation continued until the reign of Philip II, who, around 352 BCE, annexed the lands on either side of the Strymon river with the addition of Edonis, Sintice, the western part of Odomantice, Crousis, Bottice, and Chalkidice, thereby extending its territory as far as the low valley of the Nestos river (Archibald, 2010;Kanatsoulis, 1964;King, 2018). Much later, in 167 BCE, the territories between the Nestos and Strymon river (Odomantice, Sintice, Edonis, and Pieris), along with Bisaltia and Heraclea Sintice to the west of Strymon, became part of the first independent republic of the Roman province of Macedonia, with the city of Amphipolis as its capital .…”