Argos (Akarnania)

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Establishment

• January 439 BC: Greek colony established by Ambrakia ca. 440 BC.

Chronology

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1. War between Athens and Macedon (433-431 BC)

Was a war between Athens and the Kingdom of Macedonia that preceded the Peloponnesian War of 431-404 BC.

• January 431 BC: The Athenians, considering the conquest of Argos by the Ambraciots dangerous, sent an expedition under the command of Formio, who destroyed the city and enslaved the inhabitants (432 BC).

2. Creation of the Acarnanian League

Creation of the Acarnanian League (a league of ancient Greece).

• January 399 BC: Argos (Akarnania) joined the Acarnanian League when it was founded in the 5th century BC. The league was a loose confederation of Acarnanian cities.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

• January 430 BC: After a first attempt at reconquest (431 BC), the Ambraciots allied themselves with Eurylochus who marched to Amphilochian Argos with 3,000 hoplites. The results of the expedition were ephemeral: the Athenians, under the command of Demosthenes, reconquered the city for the Acarnanians and concluded a peace with the Ambraciots.

Disestablishment

• January 399 BC: Argos (Akarnania) joined the Acarnanian League when it was founded in the 5th century BC. The league was a loose confederation of Acarnanian cities.

Selected Sources

• Hansen, M. G. / Nielsen, T. H. (2004): An inventory of archaic and classic polities, Oxford University Press, p. 1391