Rhoiteion

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Establishment

• January 530 BC: Greek colony established by Astypalaia VII-VI century BC.

Chronology

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1. Conquests of Darius I

Conquests by Achaemenid ruler Darius I.

• January 511 BC: Rhoiteion 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: The city of Rhoiteion was freed after the war with the Persians.

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

• Hansen, M. G. / Nielsen, T. H. (2004): An inventory of archaic and classic polities, Oxford University Press, p. 1395
• Malczynski, R (2009): Die griechische Welt im Zeitalter des Aristoteles, Düsseldorf (Germany), pp. 5-6
• Xenophon: Hellenica, 5.1.31