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Thessaloniki developed rapidly and as early as the 2nd century BC, it had its first walls built, which enclosed and protected the city. The city also came to be an autonomous part of the Kingdom of Macedon, with its own parliament where a King was represented that could interfere in the city's domestic affairs.
As it was the first major city in Greece to fall to the occupying forces, the first Greek resistance group formed in Thessaloniki (under the name Ελευθερία, Elefthería, "Freedom") [153] as well as the first anti-Nazi newspaper in an occupied territory anywhere in Europe, [154] also by the name Eleftheria.
May 1, 2016 · Thessalonica (also Thessalonike) was an ancient city of Macedon in northern Greece which today is the city of Thessaloniki. Made capital of the Roman province of Macedon, the city flourished due to...
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History of Thessaloniki: Origins. The origins of Thessaloniki can be traced back to 315 BCE when Cassander, one of Alexander the Great's generals, founded the city and named it after his wife, Thessalonike, who was the half-sister of Alexander. Initially established as a small settlement, the city quickly grew in importance due to its strategic ...
The city of Thessaloniki Greece was founded in 315 BC by King Cassander of Macedonia. It got its name from Thessaloniki, wife of Cassander and half-sister of Alexander the Great, who, in turn, was named like that after her father, King Phillip II of Macedonia, to commemorate his victory over the Phocians with the help of Thessalian horsemen.
Oct 17, 2024 · In 1916 the Greek premier Eleuthérios Venizélos formed a provisional government in Thessaloníki that declared war on Bulgaria and Germany. In 1941 the city was captured by Germans, during whose occupation most of the city’s approximately 60,000 Jews were deported and exterminated.
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The city of Thessaloniki Greece was founded in 315 BC by King Cassander of Macedonia. It got its name from Thessaloniki, wife of Cassander and half-sister of Alexander the Great. Thessaloniki, in Greek, actually means the “victory of the Thessalians”.
