Smyrna
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A Greek polis in the ancient region of Ionia.
Establishment
January 849 BC: Smyrna, located in Aeolis on the western coast of Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), was founded by the Aeolians during the Greek colonization period that began in the 8th century BCE.
Chronology
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Conquests by the Lydian king Croesus.
January 559 BC: Conquered by the Kingdom of Lydia. By the start of the reign of Lydian King Croesus (560 BCE), he and his father Alyattes I had conquered (or de facto controlled) most of the Greek Poleis of Asia minor.
Was the rebellion of Seleucid General Ahaoios II in Asia minor.
2.1.Pergamon invades the Kingdom of Ahaios
The Kingdom of Pergamon invaded the domains of rebel general Ahaios II.
January 217 BC: After a period of peace, in 218 BC, while Achaeus was involved in an expedition to Selge south of the Taurus, Attalus, with some Thracian Gauls, recaptured his former territories. However Achaeus returned from victory in Selge in 217 BC and resumed hostilities with Attalus.
January 300 BC: Smyrna was refounded in the IV century BC.
Disestablishment
January 217 BC: After a period of peace, in 218 BC, while Achaeus was involved in an expedition to Selge south of the Taurus, Attalus, with some Thracian Gauls, recaptured his former territories. However Achaeus returned from victory in Selge in 217 BC and resumed hostilities with Attalus.
Selected Sources
Leloux, K. (2018): La Lydie d'Alyatte et Crésus: Un royaume à la croisée des cités grecques et des monarchies orientales. Recherches sur son organisation interne et sa politique extérieure, Liège (Belgium), pp. 2 and 22
