Polity Herakleia (Asia Minor)

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Was an Ancient Greek Polis (city-state) in Asia minor.

Establishment

  • January 600 BC: Greek colony established by Megara and Tanagra in the VI century BC.

Chronology

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1. Wars of Cyrus the Great

Were a series of expansionistic military campaigns by the first Achaemenid ruler Cyrus the Great.

  • January 549 BC: Herakleia (Pontic Coast of Asia Minor) was captured by the Persians in 550 BC.

Disestablishment

  • January 549 BC: Herakleia (Pontic Coast of Asia Minor) was captured by the Persians in 550 BC.

Selected Sources

  • Hansen, M. G. / Nielsen, T. H. (2004): An inventory of archaic and classic polities, Oxford University Press, p. 1394