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{{Short description|City located in ancient Thrace}}
'''Pactya''' or '''Paktye''' ({{langx|grc|Πακτύη}}) was an [[ancient Greek]]<ref name=Poleis>{{cite book|author= Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen |title= An inventory of archaic and classical poleis|year= 2004|publisher= [[Oxford University Press]]|location=New York|isbn= 0-19-814099-1|chapter= Thracian Chersonese |pages= 907–908}}</ref> city located in [[ancient Thrace]], on the [[Thracian Chersonesus]]. It is cited in the ''[[Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax]]'', in its recitation of the towns of the Thracian Chersonesus, along with [[Aegospotami]], [[Cressa (Thrace)|Cressa]], [[Crithote (Thrace)|Crithote]] and then Pactya, situated 36 [[stadion (unit)|stadia]] from [[Cardia (Thrace)|Cardia]].<ref>''[[Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax]]'' 67.</ref><ref>{{Cite Diodorus|22.74}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Pliny|4.18}}</ref> It is said that [[Miltiades]] founded it.<ref>[https://topostext.org/work/130#696 Pseudo Scymnus or Pausanias of Damascus, Circuit of the Earth, § 696]</ref>
[[Strabo]] places it on the [[Propontis]] between Crithote and [[Macron Teichos]].<ref>{{Cite Strabo|7, frag. 51, 53, 55}}</ref> According to [[Herodotus]], [[Miltiades the Elder]] ordered a wall built between Cardia, which was on the coast of [[Gulf of Melas]] and Pactya, which was on the Propontis side, to prevent invasion of the Chersonesus by the [[Apsinthii]].<ref>{{Cite Herodotus|6.36}}</ref> [[Alcibiades]] retired here the [[ancient Athens|Athenians]] had for the second time deprived him of the command.<ref>Nepos, ''Alc.'' 7</ref> It was a member of the [[Delian League]].<ref>[https://topostext.org/work/32#262 Athenian Tribute Lists, §262]</ref>
[[Pliny the Elder]] points out that both Cardia and Pactya later joined to form [[Lysimachia (Thrace)|Lysimachia]].<ref>{{Cite Pliny|4.48}}</ref>

Its site is located {{convert|2|miles}} south of [[Bolayır]], [[Turkey]].<ref>{{Cite Barrington|51}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DARE|32377}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of ancient Greek cities]]
* [[List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia#Greek|Greek colonies in Thrace]]

==References==
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[[Category:Greek colonies in the Thracian Chersonese]]
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[[Category:History of Çanakkale Province]]
[[Category:Members of the Delian League]]


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