Stagira is an ancient city.
Stagira (ancient city) . Xerxes I of Persia occupied it in 480 BC . The city later joined the Delian League , led by Athens , but left in 424 BC : as a result , the Athenian demagogue Cleon laid siege to it in 422 BC . In 348 BC , Philip II of Macedon occupied and destroyed the city .