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Name: Phasis

Type: Polity

Start: 500 BC

End: 486 BC

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A Greek polis in the ancient region of Kolchis in Pontos.

Establishment

  • January 500 BC: Greek colony established by Miletos in VI-V century BC.

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    1. Greco-Persian Wars

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

    1.1.First Persian invasion of Greece

    Were a series of campaigns of Achaemenid ruler Darius the Great against the poleis of Greece resulting in Persian occupation of Thrace but also in the Persian defeat in Greece proper.

  • January 485 BC: Phasis, a city in Colchis, was conquered by the Achaemenid Empire under the rule of Darius I in -486. This event marked the incorporation of Colchis into the Persian Empire, as evidenced by later historical events.

    • Disestablishment

  • January 485 BC: Phasis, a city in Colchis, was conquered by the Achaemenid Empire under the rule of Darius I in -486. This event marked the incorporation of Colchis into the Persian Empire, as evidenced by later historical events.

    • 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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