Thucydide I, 61, 4: Béroia et la nouvelle localisation de Bréa

Abstract

Our information about Brea derives mainly from a well known Athenian inscription of the 5th century BC. On the basis of a fragment of Theopompus’ Philippica, David Asheri located Brea in the Chalcidike. Documents from Mount Athos show that the modern toponym Verghia derives from the toponyms Vrias and Vriôn. A date in the second half of the 430s for the Attic decree for sending a colony at Brea provides the reason for the revolt of the Chalcidean and Bottiaean cities from the Athenian Empire. The toponym Beroia at Thuc. 1.61.4 should be emended to Brea, which provides a better route for the Athenian forces after the end of the siege of Pydna and the treaty with Perdikkas II.