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Name: Myrmekeion

Type: Polity

Start: 559 BC

End: 438 BC

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A Greek polis in the ancient region of Skythia Pontica.

Establishment


  • January 559 BC: Greek colony established by Ionians 580-560 BC.
  • Chronology


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    1. Conquests of Spartokos I


    Conquests by Spartokos I, ruler of Bosporan Kingdom.

  • January 437 BC: Myrmekeion is annexed to the Bosporan Kingdom.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 437 BC: Myrmekeion is annexed to the Bosporan Kingdom.
  • 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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