Thessalonica, modern-day Salonica, was founded around 315 BC by Cassander, the king of Macedonia. He named the city for his wife, Thessalonica, the half-sister of Alexander the Great. The city, built on the site of ancient Therme, was located at the head of the Gulf of Therme on the best natural harbor of the Aegean Sea (Elliger, Paulus in Griechenland, 78). This location made Thessalonica
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