. The life and Epistles of St. Paul. s of Macedonia to the river Nestus, now the Kara Su. As the Thracians werea warlike and restless people, it was necessary to establish a garrison on the frontierto repress their incursions ; and Philip fixed on Crenides as the most suitable spot, €V ^tKlTTTTOLS €y€v6fXrjVf ^TTip eOTL OflOpoS Tlj eKilBiV 6e ft? ArjfiVOl ^, fir av6iS OTTO Arjixpov tovs OpOKT) TToXir. evTfvdtv eVi rfiv nXTjcriov 6a\a(T<Trjv icrovs\j/ eliKke^avSpaavTpaid&a. Galencle Facult. K eVi Tols p awix^^f o-TaSiu KareXdoiv, eTrXevcra Medic. irpoTfpov pit, (U eacrov eyyvs ttoD o crTadio
. The life and Epistles of St. Paul. s of Macedonia to the river Nestus, now the Kara Su. As the Thracians werea warlike and restless people, it was necessary to establish a garrison on the frontierto repress their incursions ; and Philip fixed on Crenides as the most suitable spot, €V ^tKlTTTTOLS €y€v6fXrjVf ^TTip eOTL OflOpoS Tlj eKilBiV 6e ft? ArjfiVOl ^, fir av6iS OTTO Arjixpov tovs OpOKT) TToXir. evTfvdtv eVi rfiv nXTjcriov 6a\a(T<Trjv icrovs\j/ eliKke^avSpaavTpaid&a. Galencle Facult. K eVi Tols p awix^^f o-TaSiu KareXdoiv, eTrXevcra Medic. irpoTfpov pit, (U eacrov eyyvs ttoD o crTadioJs, ^ Mission Arcbeol. p. 19. ^^ Acts \\i. 12. Chap. XL] ST. PAUL IX MACEDONIA. [ 51] and erected a fortress on the crown of the hill, on the southern slope of which Crenidesstood, and called the name of the place after himself, Philippi.^ He at the same timeworked the mines in the neighbouring mount, called Bacchuss Mount, now Kaktcha,about a mile to the north of Philippi,** and made them yield the enormous sum of one. Fig. 103.—Coin nf Octaviiis and Antony ami Upidus (the Triiimviralr). Fiom C. W. Kings Antique (the most to the left) and Antony are placed side by side, and Lepldua by bimself, facing them. thousand talents per annum. Indeed he is said to have attained his supremacy over therest of Greece by means of the ample treasures which were thus poured into his coifers.^^What gave Philippi its greatest celebrity was the famous battle of Philippi ( 42)between Octavius and Antony on the one side and Brutus and Cassius on the two kilometres, or ten furlongs, to the west of Philippi, a small river, called the ^ The name of Philippi was long preservedin the village of Filibedjik, but has now dis-ai^peared. Kenans St. Paul, p. 140. ^* See Mission Arched. &c. p. .18. ^ The identity of Philippi with Crenides andDatum has been assumed in the text, and is theresult of the following authorities:—Aiirot • Mfx-(ovofLda-Ot] fiivTot Tj noXt
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