Poteidaia
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A Greek polis in the ancient region of Chalkidike.
Establishment
January 599 BC: Greek colony established by Korinthos in the 600 BC.
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.
November 480 BC: A Persian general known as Artabazus escorted Xerxes to the Hellespont with 60,000 men; as he neared Pallene on the return journey to Thessaly. Despite attempts to capture Potidaea by treachery, the Persians were forced to keep up the siege for three months. Artabazus was thus forced to lift the siege, and return to Mardonius in Thessaly with the remnants of his men.
1.2.Wars of the Delian League
Were a series of campaigns fought between the Delian League of Athens and her allies (and later subjects), and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia.
January 477 BC: Poteidaia became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
Disestablishment
January 477 BC: Poteidaia became part of the Delian League, founded in 478 BC.
Selected Sources
Hansen, M. G. / Nielsen, T. H. (2004): An inventory of archaic and classic polities, Oxford University Press, p. 1356-1359, p. 111-113
Hansen, M. G. / Nielsen, T. H. (2004): An inventory of archaic and classic polities, Oxford University Press, p. 1392
Herodotus, The Histories, VII.25
