Complex sentence: Philippi was established by the king of Macedon, Philip II, on the site of the Thasian colony of Krinides or Crenides ("Fountains"), near the head of the Aegean Sea at the foot of Mt.
Split into simpler sentences: Philippi was established by the king of Macedon, Philip II, on the site of the Thasian colony of Krinides or Crenides ("Fountains"). He sited it near the head of the Aegean Sea and at the foot of Mt.