Olizon
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A Greek polis in the ancient region of Magnesia.
Establishment
January 849 BC: Olizon, a greek polis in the ancient region of Magnesia, is mentioned by Homer in Iliad.
Chronology
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Were a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states.
1.1.Second Persian invasion of Greece
Was an unsuccesful military campaign waged by Achaemenid King Xerxes I that sought to conquer all of Greece.
June 480 BC: Having crossed into Europe in April 480 BC, the Persian army began its march to Greece.
September 479 BC: The Battle of Plataea was the final land battle between the Achaemenid Empire and the Greek Poleis during the second Persian invasion of Greece. The Persian infantry proved no match for the heavily armoured Greek hoplites, and the Spartans broke through to General Mardonius's bodyguard and killed him. The Persian force thus dissolved and 40,000 troops managed to escape to Thessaly. The Persians also left territories occupied in Olizon.
Creation of the Thessalian League (a league of ancient Greece).
January 373 BC: By 374 BC, the Pherae and the Aleuadae communities united with the agricultural population of Thessaly to form the Thessalian League.
Disestablishment
January 373 BC: By 374 BC, the Pherae and the Aleuadae communities united with the agricultural population of Thessaly to form the Thessalian League.
Selected Sources
Gabriel, R.A. (2010). Philip II of Macedonia: Greater Than Alexander, Washington, D.C. (USA), pp. 13, 199.
Herodotus, The Histories, IX.66
Herodotus, The Histories, VII.25
