The town was a member of the Delian League, as its name appears in tribute lists from 454/3 to 433/2 BCE.[5] It was taken from the Athenians by the Chalcidic Thracians (420 BCE),[6] and surrendered to Philip II of Macedon before the siege of Olynthus (349 BCE).[7]
^Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thrace from Axios to Strymon". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 831. ISBN0-19-814099-1.