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Name: Larisa (Troas)

Type: Polity

Start: 799 BC

End: 387 BC

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A Greek polis in the ancient region of Troas.

Establishment


  • January 799 BC: Larisa (Troas) was occupied by Greeks since the late VIIIth century BC.
  • Chronology


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    1. Conquests of Darius I


    Conquests by Achaemenid ruler Darius I.

  • January 511 BC: Larisa (Troas) was occupied by the Achaemenid Empire during the military campaigns of Darius I in Asia Minor.

  • 2. Greco-Persian Wars


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

    2.1.Wars of the Delian League

    Were a series of campaigns fought between the Delian League of Athens and her allies (and later subjects), and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia.

  • January 477 BC: Liberation of Ophryneion.

  • 3. Peloponnesian War


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

  • January 426 BC: Athens took over all the so-called Actaean cities in the Troad.

  • 3.1.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).

  • 4. Sicilian Wars


    Were a series of conflicts fought between ancient Carthage and the Greek city-states led by Syracuse (Sicily) over the control of Sicily and the western Mediterranean.

    4.1.Third Sicilian War

    Was a conflict fought between ancient Carthage and the Greek city-states led by Syracuse (Sicily) over the control of Sicily and the western Mediterranean.

  • January 397 BC: Larisa (Troas) is freed by the Spartan Dercylidas in 398 BC.

  • 5. 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.

    5.1.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.

  • 6. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 398 BC: Larisa (Troas) is incorporated into the Persian Empire in 399 BC.

  • 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


  • Malczynski, R (2009): Die griechische Welt im Zeitalter des Aristoteles, Düsseldorf (Germany), pp. 5-6
  • Xenophon: Hellenica, 5.1.31
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