It surrounds the entire north of the Thermaic Gulf, named after its predecessor.

There is not much room for archaeological excavation between all the modern skyscrapers, and the parklands are valued as such.

However, two large habitation mounds remain available and have been extensively excavated.

The pottery is Greek, but such is the case for any settlement of the times around the Aegean, regardless of known language or ethnic connections.

Nearly all of Lower Macedonia was Macedonianized in classical times by the aggressive Argead dynasty, in which the original Thessaloniki, half-sister of Alexander the Great, became queen.