Stryme
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A Greek polis in ancient Thrace between the Nestos and Hebros rivers.
Establishment
January 630 BC: Greek colony established by Thasos in the VII century 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.
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 Stryme.
Expansion of Macedonia under King Philip II.
January 349 BC: Stryme was taken by Macedon around 350 BC.
Disestablishment
January 349 BC: Stryme was taken by Macedon around 350 BC.
Selected Sources
Hansen, M. G. / Nielsen, T. H. (2004): An inventory of archaic and classic polities, Oxford University Press, p. 1393
Herodotus, The Histories, IX.66
Herodotus, The Histories, VII.25
