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Name: Phokaia

Type: Polity

Start: 799 BC

End: 387 BC

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A Greek polis in the ancient region of Ionia.

Establishment


  • January 799 BC: Pottery remains indicate Aeolian presence in Phokaia (a greek polis in the ancient region of Ionia) as late as the 9th century BC, and Ionian presence as early as the end of the 9th century BC.
  • Chronology


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    1. Wars of Cyrus the Great


    Were a series of expansionistic military campaigns by the first Achaemenid ruler Cyrus the Great.

  • January 545 BC: Achaemenid Empire conquests in Asia Minor. Cyrus the Great conquers the Ionian Greeks.

  • 2. Peloponnesian War


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

    2.1.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).

  • 3. 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.

    3.1.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.

  • 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


  • André-Salvini, B. (2005): Forgotten Empire: The World of Ancient Persia, University of California Press, p. 45
  • Malczynski, R (2009): Die griechische Welt im Zeitalter des Aristoteles, Düsseldorf (Germany), pp. 5-6
  • Spence, I. (2002): Historical Dictionary of Ancient Greek Warfare, Scarecrow Press, p. XXII
  • Xenophon: Hellenica, 5.1.31
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