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We know that the river [[Gallikos (river)|Echidorus]] (Ἐχείδωρος<ref>Scyl. p. 26</ref>; Ἐχέδωρος<ref>Ptol. 3.13.4</ref>), [[Gallikos (river)|Cheidorus]]<ref>[[Herodotus]], ''Histories'', 7.124.1; 7.127.2;</ref> later named the [[Gallikos (river)|Galliko]], rose in their territory and emptied itself into a lagoon near the mouth of the [[Vardar (river)|Axios/Axius]]<ref>William Smith, ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography'', '''ECHIDO´RUS''', http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064:id=echidorus-geo</ref>, which empties into the [[Thermaic Gulf]] of the [[Aegean Sea]] a little to the west of [[Thessalonica]].   
 
We know that the river [[Gallikos (river)|Echidorus]] (Ἐχείδωρος<ref>Scyl. p. 26</ref>; Ἐχέδωρος<ref>Ptol. 3.13.4</ref>), [[Gallikos (river)|Cheidorus]]<ref>[[Herodotus]], ''Histories'', 7.124.1; 7.127.2;</ref> later named the [[Gallikos (river)|Galliko]], rose in their territory and emptied itself into a lagoon near the mouth of the [[Vardar (river)|Axios/Axius]]<ref>William Smith, ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography'', '''ECHIDO´RUS''', http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064:id=echidorus-geo</ref>, which empties into the [[Thermaic Gulf]] of the [[Aegean Sea]] a little to the west of [[Thessalonica]].   
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We know that [[Xerxes I the Great|Xerxes]] marched his army from the north of [[Therma]] through '''Crestonaea''' to meet his navy<ref>Herodotus, Histories, 7.124.1, http://perseus.uchicago.edu/perseus-cgi/citequery3.pl?dbname=GreekFeb2011&getid=1&query=Hdt.%207.126.1</ref> anchored there prior to the [[Battle of Marathon]].
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[[Xerxes I the Great|Xerxes]] marched his army from the north of [[Therma]] through '''Crestonaea''' to meet his navy<ref>Herodotus, Histories, 7.124.1, http://perseus.uchicago.edu/perseus-cgi/citequery3.pl?dbname=GreekFeb2011&getid=1&query=Hdt.%207.126.1</ref> anchored there prior to the [[Battle of Marathon]].
    
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