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Name: Tenedos

Type: Polity

Start: 699 BC

End: 387 BC

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A Greek polis in the ancient region of Troas.

Establishment


  • January 699 BC: Tenedos was founded by Greek colonists around 700 BC during a wave of Greek colonization in the eastern part of the Aegean Sea, Anatolia, and along the shores of the Black Sea.
  • Chronology


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    1. Greco-Persian Wars


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

    1.1.Ionian Revolt

    Were a series of revolts of Greek city-states of Asia Minor against Achaemenid rule.

    1.1.1.Persian counter-offensive agains the rebel Poleis

    Were a series of military offensives by the Achaemenids to reconquere rebel territories in Asia Minor.

  • January 492 BC: In -493 BC, the Persian fleet and army, led by the Persian king Darius I, wintered at Miletus before launching a campaign to suppress the Ionian Revolt. The islands of Chios, Lesbos, and Tenedos were captured by the Persian forces as they sought to regain control of the region.

  • 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: The Delian League was dissolved upon the conclusion of the Peloponnesian War with the defeat of Athens (404 BC).

  • 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.

    3.1.The King's Peace / Peace of Antalcidas

    Was a peace treaty guaranteed by the Persian King Artaxerxes II that ended the Corinthian War in ancient Greece.

  • January 386 BC: At the conclusion of the Corinthian War, under the terms of the Peace of Antalcidas in 387 BC, the coast of asia minor was annexed to Persia.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 386 BC: At the conclusion of the Corinthian War, under the terms of the Peace of Antalcidas in 387 BC, the coast of asia minor was annexed to Persia.
  • Selected Sources


  • Malczynski, R (2009): Die griechische Welt im Zeitalter des Aristoteles, Düsseldorf (Germany), pp. 5-6
  • Xenophon: Hellenica, 5.1.31
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