Polity Ophryneion

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A Greek polis in the ancient region of Troas.

Establishment

  • January 599 BC: The year of foundation of the polity of Ophryneion is based on peer group of similar polities in the same region (Phersu Atlas assumption).

Chronology

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1. Conquests of Darius I

Conquests by Achaemenid ruler Darius I.

  • January 511 BC: Ophryneion 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).

4. Corinthian War

Was a conflict in ancient Greece which pitted Sparta against a coalition of city-states comprising Thebes, Athens, Corinth and Argos, backed by the Achaemenid Empire.

4.1. The King's Peace / Peace of Antalcidas

Was a peace treaty guaranteed by the Persian King Artaxerxes II that ended the Corinthian War in ancient Greece.

  • January 386 BC: At the conclusion of the Corinthian War, under the terms of the Peace of Antalcidas in 387 BC, the coast of asia minor was annexed to Persia.

Disestablishment

  • January 386 BC: At the conclusion of the Corinthian War, under the terms of the Peace of Antalcidas in 387 BC, the coast of asia minor was annexed to Persia.

Selected Sources

  • Malczynski, R (2009): Die griechische Welt im Zeitalter des Aristoteles, Düsseldorf (Germany), pp. 5-6
  • Xenophon: Hellenica, 5.1.31