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Name: Dion (Euboia)

Type: Polity

Start: 849 BC

End: 300 BC

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Dion (Euboia)

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A Greek polis in the ancient region of Euboia.

Establishment

January 849 BC: Dion is mentioned by Homer, as under the leadership of Elephenor, in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad.

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

Was the second phase of the Peloponnesian War, where Sparta allied with Persia against Athens, which capitulated and lost its empire.

October 411 BC: After the Battle of Eretria all of Euboea went over to the Spartans

January 403 BC: Despites being defeated by Sparta in 404 BC, Athens soon recovered and re-established her hegemony over Euboea.

The Eretrians rebelled again in 349 BC becoming independent from Athens.

January 348 BC: The Eretrians rebelled against Athens in 349 BC.

January 340 BC: The Athenians under Demosthenes recaptured Dion (Euboia) in 341 BC.

Expansion of Macedonia under King Philip II.

Was the military campaign of Macedonia king Philip II in Greece during the Fourth Sacred War.

August 338 BC: Euboea ceased to be part of the Athenian sphere of influence after the Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC).

January 499 BC: At the end of the VIIth century BC, Athens conquered the island of Euboea.

January 299 BC: During the 4th or 3rd century BC Dion (Euboia) became a dependent polis of Óreo.