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Name: Kyme (Aiolis)

Type: Polity

Start: 849 BC

End: 387 BC

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A Greek polis in the ancient region of Aiolis.

Establishment


  • January 849 BC: Kyme, located in Aeolis on the western coast of Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), was founded by the Aeolians during the Greek colonization period that began in the 8th century BCE.
  • Chronology


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    1. Wars of Cyrus the Great


    Were a series of expansionistic military campaigns by the first Achaemenid ruler Cyrus the Great.

  • January 545 BC: Achaemenid Empire conquests in Asia Minor. Cyrus the Great conquers the Ionian Greeks.

  • 2. Peloponnesian War


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

    2.1.Second Phase - Deceleian War

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

  • January 403 BC: The Delian League was dissolved upon the conclusion of the Peloponnesian War with the defeat of Athens (404 BC).

  • 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.

    3.1.The King's Peace / Peace of Antalcidas

    Was a peace treaty guaranteed by the Persian King Artaxerxes II that ended the Corinthian War in ancient Greece.

  • January 386 BC: At the conclusion of the Corinthian War, under the terms of the Peace of Antalcidas in 387 BC, the coast of asia minor was annexed to Persia.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 386 BC: At the conclusion of the Corinthian War, under the terms of the Peace of Antalcidas in 387 BC, the coast of asia minor was annexed to Persia.
  • Selected Sources


  • André-Salvini, B. (2005): Forgotten Empire: The World of Ancient Persia, University of California Press, p. 45
  • Malczynski, R (2009): Die griechische Welt im Zeitalter des Aristoteles, Düsseldorf (Germany), pp. 5-6
  • Spence, I. (2002): Historical Dictionary of Ancient Greek Warfare, Scarecrow Press, p. XXII
  • Xenophon: Hellenica, 5.1.31
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