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In 168 BC, the city came under Roman rule and flourished anew. Potidea's decay is linked to the invasions of the Huns, who invaded
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entrenched themselves in the castle. They fought hard until the ”turmoil of
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of great importance for the security of the whole peninsula, was repaired by John VII Paleologos in 1407 and later by the
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