Polity Issos

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A Greek polis in the ancient region of Kilikia.

Establishment

  • January 699 BC: The year of foundation of the polity of Issos is based on peer group of similar polities in the same region (Phersu Atlas assumption).

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 548 BC: Issos was conquered by Persia in 549.

Disestablishment

  • January 548 BC: Issos was conquered by Persia in 549.