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===The Gymnasium===
[[File:Xystos.jpg|thumb|250px|Xystos]]

This was a major public building for the military and gymnastic training of youth as well as for their artistic and intellectual education. It was built in the 4th c. BC and includes a [[palaestra]], the rectangular court surrounded by colonnades with adjoining rooms for many athletic functions. The covered [[stoa]] or [[xystos]] for indoor 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.

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