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Name: Mothone

Type: Polity

Start: 800 BC

End: 720 BC

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A Greek polis in the ancient region of Messenia.

Establishment


  • January 800 BC: Greek colony established by Nauplia in the VIII century BC.
  • Chronology


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    1. Messenian Wars


    Wars between Messenia and Sparta.

    1.1.First Messenian War

    Was a war between Messenia and Sparta that ended with Messenia's loss of sovereignty.

  • January 719 BC: Spartiate conquest of Mothone.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 719 BC: Spartiate conquest of Mothone.
  • Selected Sources


  • Hansen, M. G. / Nielsen, T. H. (2004): An inventory of archaic and classic polities, Oxford University Press, p. 1391
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