Polity Karoussa

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A Greek polis in the ancient region of Pontic Coast of Asia Minor.

Establishment

  • January 699 BC: Karoussa was founded by Greek colonists around 700 BC during a wave of Greek colonization in the eastern part of the Aegean Sea, Anatolia, and along the shores of the Black Sea.

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: Karoussa was captured by the Persians in 550 BC.

Disestablishment

  • January 549 BC: Karoussa was captured by the Persians in 550 BC.