training in inclement weather is a long portico 75m long and 7m wide to allow 6 runners to compete simultaneously. There was also a parallel outdoor track, paradromida, for training in good weather and a system of cisterns for water supply. During the Macedonian era it became a major institution. The stone stela bearing the rules of the gymnasium was found in the north wing, detailing the duties and powers of the master and the education of the athletes. After it was destroyed in the 1st c. BC in the Thracian rebellion against Roman rule, it was rebuilt in Augustus's time in the 1st c. AD along with the rest of the city. Amphipolitans Demetrius of Amphipolis, student of Plato Zoilus (400–320 BC), grammarian, cynic philosopher Pamphilus (painter), head of Sicyonian school and teacher of Apelles Aetion, sculptor Philippus of Amphipolis, historian Nearchus, admiral Erigyius, general Damasias of Amphipolis 320 BC Stadion Olympics Hermagoras of Amphipolis (), stoic philosopher, follower of Persaeus Apollodorus of Amphipolis, appointed joint military governor of Babylon and the other satrapies as far as Cilicia by Alexander the Great Xena - In the television series Xena Warrior Princess, Amphipolis is the main character's home village. Municipality The municipality Amfipoli was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following four former municipalities, that became municipal units: Amfipoli Kormista Proti Rodolivos The municipality has an area of 411.773 km2, the municipal unit 152.088 km2. See also Archaeological Museum of Amphipolis References External links Official site about Amphipolis Demographic Information from Greek Travel Pages Livius.org: Amphipolis The tomb of Amphipolis 437 BC 5th-century BC establishments 8th-century disestablishments in the Byzantine Empire Ancient Amphipolis Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Greece Archaeological sites in Macedonia (Greece) Athenian colonies Former populated places in Greece Municipalities of Central Macedonia Populated places established in the 5th century BC Populated places disestablished in the 8th century Populated places in ancient Macedonia Populated places in ancient Thrace Populated places in Serres (regional unit) Roman sites in Greece Populated places of the Byzantine Empire