AMPHIPOLIS, a City lying between Macedon and Thrace, but depending upon the Kingdom of Macedon. There is mention Acts xvii. 1.of it in the Acts of the Apostles; St. Paul and Silas being deliver’d out of prison, left Philippi, went to Thessalonica, and pass’d through Amphipolis. This City had the name likewise of Chrysopolis or Christopolis.
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