Eion

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Establishment

• January 480 BC: Eion was fortified in the V Century.
• June 480 BC: Having crossed into Europe in April 480 BC, the Persian army began its march to Greece.

Chronology

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1. Greco-Persian Wars

Were a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states.

1.1. First Persian invasion of Greece

Were a series of campaigns of Achaemenid ruler Darius the Great against the poleis of Greece resulting in Persian occupation of Thrace but also in the Persian defeat in Greece proper.

• January 480 BC: Eion was fortified in the V Century.

1.2. Second Persian invasion of Greece

Was an unsuccesful military campaign waged by Achaemenid King Xerxes I that sought to conquer all of Greece.

• June 480 BC: Having crossed into Europe in April 480 BC, the Persian army began its march to Greece.
• September 479 BC: The Battle of Plataea was the final land battle between the Achaemenid Empire and the Greek Poleis during the second Persian invasion of Greece. The Persian infantry proved no match for the heavily armoured Greek hoplites, and the Spartans broke through to General Mardonius's bodyguard and killed him. The Persian force thus dissolved and 40,000 troops managed to escape to Thessaly. The Persians also left territories occupied in Eion.

1.3. Wars of the Delian League

Were a series of campaigns fought between the Delian League of Athens and her allies (and later subjects), and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia.

• January 474 BC: Eion is conquered by the Delian League in 475 BC.

2. Peloponnesian War

Was an ancient Greek war fought between Athens and Sparta and their respective allies for the hegemony of the Greek world.

2.1. Second Phase - Deceleian War

Was the second phase of the Peloponnesian War, where Sparta allied with Persia against Athens, which capitulated and lost its empire.

• January 403 BC: After a prolonged siege by Sparta, Athens surrendered. As a consequence Athens had to form an alliance with Sparta, the Long Walls of the city were demolished, its territory was reduced to just Attica and Salamis and the Delian-Attic league was dissolved.

Disestablishment

• January 400 BC: Eion was incorporated into Amphipolis in the Vth century BC.

Selected Sources

• Bleckmann, B. (2016): Der Peloponnesische Krieg, Munich (Germany), p. 107-113
• Herodotus, The Histories, IX.66
• Herodotus, The Histories, VII.25