Proti (, known as Φυλίς "Fylis" before 1927 and as Κιούπκιοϊ "" before 1919) is a village and a former municipality in the Serres regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Amphipoli, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 79.241 km2. The population of the municipal unit was 1,546 at the 2021 census.
Near Proti has been found an archaeological site that is probably identified with the Roman station of via Egnatia Domeros. D. C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 143. From here comes also various ancient inscriptions, among which a Latin inscription that mentions the inhabitants of two ancient settlements (i.e. "Montani" and "Suritani").D. C. Samsaris, La vallée du Bas-Strymon á l’ époque impériale (Contribution épigraphique á la topographie, l’ onomastique, l’ histoire et aux cultes de la province romaine de Macédoine), Dodona 18 (1989), fasc. 1, p. 295-297, n. 157-162
Notable people Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907–1998) conservative politician, prime minister (1955–1963, 1974–1980) and president of Greece (1980–1985, 1990–1995) Kostas Karamanlis (1956–) conservative politician, prime minister (2004–2009) of Greece Christos Govetas, master Greek traditional musician, singer and recording artist, based in Seattle since the 1980s.
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