Kydonia
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A Greek polis in ancient Crete.
Establishment
January 500 BC: Greek colony established by Samos in the VI century BC.
Chronology
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Were a seris of conflicts between the Roman Republic and Antigonid Macedonia over control of Greece and the eastern Mediterranean Basin. .
1.1.Annexation of Macedonia
After the Roman general Quintus Caecilius Metellus defeated Andriscus of Macedon, the last self-styled king of Macedonia in the Fourth Macedonian War, Macedonia became a Roman province.
January 145 BC: The Achaean League was dissolved by the Romans in 146 BC, making Kydonia independent.
A three-year campaign under Quintus Caecilius Metellus that resulted in the Roman conquest of Crete.
January 68 BC: In 69 BC, the consul Quintus Caecilius Metellus was tasked by the Senate with the conquest of Crete. He captured one Cretan city after another, while Pompey fought against the pirates at sea. The defeated Cretans only wanted to submit to Pompey, and he accepted their submission, even though Quintus Caecilius Metellus was the actual conqueror who made Crete a Roman province.
January 218 BC: Kydonia became part of the Achaean League in 219 BC.
Disestablishment
January 68 BC: In 69 BC, the consul Quintus Caecilius Metellus was tasked by the Senate with the conquest of Crete. He captured one Cretan city after another, while Pompey fought against the pirates at sea. The defeated Cretans only wanted to submit to Pompey, and he accepted their submission, even though Quintus Caecilius Metellus was the actual conqueror who made Crete a Roman province.
Selected Sources
Hansen, M. G. / Nielsen, T. H. (2004): An inventory of archaic and classic polities, Oxford University Press, p. 1396
Titus Livius: Ab Urbe Condita, 100
