Pistasus
ancient city of Macedonia, member of Delian League
Pistasus or Pistasos (Ancient Greek: Πίστασος) was a town of the Chalcidice in ancient Macedonia. It belonged to the Delian League since it appears in the tribute records of Athens for 434/3 BCE, where it had to pay a phoros of 500 drachmas. It has been suggested that Pistasus should be identified with another city that appears in another tribute register in Athens called Istasus, a suggestion accepted by the editors of the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World.
Its site is unlocated.
The public source identifies “Pistasus” as ancient city of Macedonia, member of Delian League. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Pistasus, ancient and city.
Why this record matters
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q18286295. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Pistasus” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.