Aenea (;
Greek: ,
Aineia), was an ancient Greek city in northwesternmost
Chalcidice, said to have been founded by
Aeneas, and was situated, according to
Livy, opposite
Pydna, and 15 miles from
Thessalonica. It appears to have stood on the promontory of the great Karaburnu, which forms the northwest corner of the peninsula of Chalcidice, and which, being about 10 geographical miles in direct distance from Thessalonica, may be identified with the promontory Aeneium of
Scymnus. Aeneia must therefore have been further north than Pydna. It was colonised by the
Corinthians. It is mentioned by
Herodotus, and continued to be a place of importance down to the time of the
Roman wars in
Greece, although we are told that a great part of its population was removed to Thessalonica, when the latter city was founded by
Cassander. The city minted coins in antiquity, some of which survive today.