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Name: Seleinous

Type: Polity

Start: 849 BC

End: 338 BC

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A Greek polis in the ancient Sporades.

Establishment


  • January 849 BC: The year of foundation of the polity of Seleinous is based on peer group of similar polities in the same region (Phersu Atlas assumption).
  • Chronology


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    1. Greco-Persian Wars


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

    1.1.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: Seleinous joined the Delian League at its founding in 478 BC.

  • 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: After a prolonged siege by Sparta, Athens surrendered. As a consequence Athens had to form an alliance with Sparta, the Long Walls of the city were demolished, its territory was reduced to just Attica and Salamis and the Delian-Attic league was dissolved.

  • 3. Creation of the Second Athenian League


    Creation of the Second Athenian League (a league of ancient Greece).

  • January 377 BC: Seleinous enters the Second Athenian League, a maritime confederation of Aegean city-states headed by Athens.

  • 4. Social War (357-355)


    Was a war between the Second Athenian League and the allied city-states of Chios, Rhodes, Cos and Byzantion.

  • January 354 BC: Seleinous left the Second Athenian League. Most of the city-states of the League became independent in 355 BC following the Social War.

  • 5. Wars of the Rise of Macedon


    Expansion of Macedonia under King Philip II.

    5.1.Philip II's campaign in Greece (Fourth Sacred War)

    Was the military campaign of Macedonia king Philip II in Greece during the Fourth Sacred War.

  • January 337 BC: Seleinous was conquered by the Kingdom of Macedon (338-146 BC).

  • Disestablishment


  • January 337 BC: Seleinous was conquered by the Kingdom of Macedon (338-146 BC).
  • Selected Sources


  • Bleckmann, B. (2016): Der Peloponnesische Krieg, Munich (Germany), p. 107-113
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