Pydna

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A Greek polis in ancient Makedonia.

Establishment

January 599 BC: Pydna: assumed to be founded in similar times to other cities.

Chronology

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1. Greco-Persian Wars

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 Pydna.

2. Peloponnesian War

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

January 409 BC: King Archelaus I of Macedonia besieged the city by Pydna.

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.

January 389 BC: Pydna was conquered by the Athenians.