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Name: Gyenos

Type: Polity

Start: 540 BC

End: 486 BC

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A Greek polis in the ancient region of Kolchis in Pontos.

Establishment


  • January 540 BC: Greek colony established in the VI century BC.
  • Chronology


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    1. Greco-Persian Wars


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

    1.1.First Persian invasion of Greece

    Were a series of campaigns of Achaemenid ruler Darius the Great against the poleis of Greece resulting in Persian occupation of Thrace but also in the Persian defeat in Greece proper.

  • January 485 BC: Colchis is conquered by Persia.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 485 BC: Colchis is conquered by Persia.
  • Selected Sources


  • Hansen, M. G. / Nielsen, T. H. (2004): An inventory of archaic and classic polities, Oxford University Press, p. 1394
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