Argilos

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A Greek polis in the ancient region of Bisaltia.

Establishment

January 653 BC: In 655/654 the inhabitants of Paros founded the colony of Argilos.

Chronology

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1. Greco-Persian Wars

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

1.1.Ionian Revolt

Were a series of revolts of Greek city-states of Asia Minor against Achaemenid rule.

1.1.1.Flight of Aristagoras

Flight of the tyrant of Miletus, Aristagoras, from the city.

January 496 BC: At the height of the Persian counter-offensive, Aristagoras, sensing his untenable position, decided to abandon his responsibilities as leader of Miletus and of the revolt. In Thrace, he took control of the city that Histiaeus had founded, Myrcinus.

1.2.Second Persian invasion of Greece

Was an unsuccesful military campaign waged by Achaemenid King Xerxes I that sought to conquer all of Greece.

June 480 BC: Having crossed into Europe in April 480 BC, the Persian army began its march to Greece.

September 479 BC: The Battle of Plataea was the final land battle between the Achaemenid Empire and the Greek Poleis during the second Persian invasion of Greece. The Persian infantry proved no match for the heavily armoured Greek hoplites, and the Spartans broke through to General Mardonius's bodyguard and killed him. The Persian force thus dissolved and 40,000 troops managed to escape to Thessaly. The Persians also left territories occupied in Argilos.

1.3.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: Argilos became part of the Delian League.

2. Peloponnesian War

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

January 423 BC: Argilo left the Delian League.

3. 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.

January 361 BC: The Macedonian king Perdiccas succeeded in 362 BC ultimately to establish Macedonia as the protecting power of the city.