Polity Skiathos

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A Greek polis in the ancient Sporades.

Establishment

  • January 849 BC: The year of foundation of the polity of Skiathos is based on peer group of similar polities in the same region (Phersu Atlas assumption).

Chronology

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1. Greco-Persian Wars

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

1.1. 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: Skiathos joined the Delian League at its founding in 478 BC.

2. Peloponnesian War

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

2.1. 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: After a prolonged siege by Sparta, Athens surrendered. As a consequence Athens had to form an alliance with Sparta, the Long Walls of the city were demolished, its territory was reduced to just Attica and Salamis and the Delian-Attic league was dissolved.

3. Creation of the Second Athenian League

Creation of the Second Athenian League (a league of ancient Greece).

  • January 377 BC: Skiathos enters the Second Athenian League, a maritime confederation of Aegean city-states headed by Athens.

4. Social War (357-355)

Was a war between the Second Athenian League and the allied city-states of Chios, Rhodes, Cos and Byzantion.

  • January 354 BC: Skiathos left the Second Athenian League. Most of the city-states of the League became independent in 355 BC following the Social War.

5. Cretan War (204-199 BC)

Was fought by King Philip V of Macedon, the Aetolian League, many Cretan cities (of which Olous and Hierapytna were the most important) and Spartan pirates against the forces of Rhodes and later Attalus I of Pergamum, Byzantium, Cyzicus, Athens, and Knossos.

  • January 199 BC: The city of Skyathos was destroyed by Philip V of Macedon in 200 BC.

Disestablishment

  • January 199 BC: The city of Skyathos was destroyed by Philip V of Macedon in 200 BC.

Selected Sources

  • Bleckmann, B. (2016): Der Peloponnesische Krieg, Munich (Germany), p. 107-113