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Name: Elis

Type: Polity

Start: 799 BC

End: 191 BC

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A Greek polis in the ancient region of Elis.

Establishment


  • January 799 BC: Elis was a greek polis in the ancient region of Elis.
  • Chronology


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    1. Roman-Volscian Wars


    Were a series of wars fought between the Roman Republic and the Volsci, an ancient Italic people.

    1.1.Sac of Cenone

    Roman conquest of the Volscian city of Cenonen.

  • January 468 BC: Under the command of Tito Numicio Prisco, the Romans conquered and destroyed the Volscan city of Cenone, port and emporium of Anzio.
  • February 468 BC: Under the command of Tito Numicio Prisco, the Romans conquered and destroyed the Volscan city of Cenone, port and emporium of Anzio.

  • 2. Cleomenean War


    Was a war fought between Sparta and the Achaean League for the control of the Peloponnese.

  • January 221 BC: Antigonus III Doson of Macedon leaves Sparta having militarly occupied the city for a short time.

  • 3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 699 BC: Lepreon fell under the rule of Elis in the 8th century BC.

  • January 699 BC: Makiston fell under the rule of Elis in the 8th century BC.

  • January 699 BC: Phrixai fell under the rule of Elis in the 8th century BC.

  • January 699 BC: Skillous fell under the rule of Elis in the 8th century BC.

  • January 699 BC: Epitalion fell under the rule of Elis in the 8th century BC.

  • January 699 BC: Pyrgos fell under the rule of Elis in the 8th century BC.

  • January 699 BC: Epeion fell under the rule of Elis in the 8th century BC.

  • January 571 BC: Pisa was conquered by Elis in 572 BC.

  • January 569 BC: Dyspontium rebelled against the Eleans because of the organization of the Olympic Games. Pisa and its allies were defeated and their cities were destroyed (c. 575 BC). After the city was destroyed, many of its inhabitants moved to Epidamnus and Apollonia.

  • January 499 BC: In classical antiquity, Elis was an independent state, centred on the town Elis and included the sanctuary at Olympia.

  • January 401 BC: Sparta attacked and subdued Elis in 402 BC.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 190 BC: Elis was conquered by the Achean League.
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