Kolonai (Troas)

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Establishment

• January 599 BC: Kolonai (Troas) was a greek polis in the ancient region of Troas.

Chronology

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1. Conquests of Darius I

Conquests by Achaemenid ruler Darius I.

• January 511 BC: Kolonai (Troas) was occupied by the Achaemenid Empire during the military campaigns of Darius I in Asia Minor.

2. Greco-Persian Wars

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

2.1. 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 477 BC: Liberation of Ophryneion.

3. Peloponnesian War

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

• January 426 BC: Athens took over all the so-called Actaean cities in the Troad.

3.1. 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: The Delian League was dissolved upon the conclusion of the Peloponnesian War with the defeat of Athens (404 BC).

Disestablishment

• January 398 BC: In 399 BC Kolonai was forcibly reincorporated into the Persian Empire.

Selected Sources

• Malczynski, R (2009): Die griechische Welt im Zeitalter des Aristoteles, Düsseldorf (Germany), pp. 5-6