Selanik: All Data

Thessaloniki: Chronology of Mentions

Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.

168 BC

Capital of Kingdom of Thessalonike

117 AD

Subdivision Capital of the Province of Macedonia, part of Roman Empire

905 AD

Mentioned in Event: Arab-Byzantine Wars

997 AD

Mentioned in: battle of Thessaloniki

1033 AD

Subdivision Capital of the Thema of Thessalonike, part of Byzantine Empire

1204 AD

Capital of Kingdom of Thessalonica

1225 AD

Capital of Empire of Thessalonica

1227 AD

Capital of Despotate of Epirus

1230 AD

Capital of Empire of Thessalonica (Bulgaria)

1404 AD

Mentioned in Event: Byzantine reconquest of Thessaloniki

1905 AD

Subdivision Capital of the Villayet of Selanik, part of Ottoman Empire

1912 AD

Mentioned in Event: Macedonian Front (Balkan War)

1913 AD

Mentioned in Event: Treaty of Bucarest

1924 AD

Mentioned in Event: Proclamation of the Second Hellenic Republic

1941 AD

Mentioned in Event: German invasion of Greece

1941 AD

Mentioned in Event: Greece divided in Occupation zones by Axis powers

1944 AD

Mentioned in Event: German Withdrawal from Greece (World War II)

2025 AD

Subdivision Capital of the Region of Central Macedonia, part of Hellenic Republic