OlynthusOlynthus (Ancient Greek: ὌλυνθοςOlynthos) is an ancient city in present-day Chalcidice, Greece. It was built mostly on two flat-topped hills 30–40m in height, in a fertile plain at the head of the Gulf of Torone, near the neck of the peninsula of Pallene, about 2.5 kilometers from the sea, and about 60 stadia (c. 9–10 kilometers) from Poteidaea.Cassandreia
HerodotusHerodotus (Ancient Greek: Ἡρόδοτος, romanised: Hēródotos; c. 484 – c. 425 BC) was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus (now Bodrum, Türkiye), under Persian control in the 5th century BC, and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy. He wrote the Histories, a detailed account of the Greco-Persian Wars, among other subjects such as the rise of the Achaemenid dynasty of Cyrus.
Philip II of MacedonKing of Macedon from 359 to 336 BCGreekΦίλιπποςHouseArgead dynastyFatherAmyntas IIIMotherEurydice IReligionAncient Greek religionPhilip II of Macedon (Ancient Greek: Φίλιππος, romanized: Phílippos; 382 BC – October 336 BC) was the king (basileus) of Macedon from 359 BC until his death in 336 BC.
Ancient Corinth37°54′19″N22°52′49″E / 37.9053455°N 22.8801924°E / 37.9053455; 22.8801924Corinth ( ; Ancient Greek: ΚόρινθοςKórinthos; Doric Greek: ϘόρινθοςQórinthos; Latin: Corinthus) was a city-state (polis) on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnese peninsula to mainland Greece, roughly halfway between Athens and Sparta.
Delian LeagueThe Delian League was a confederacy of Greekcity-states, numbering between 150 and 330, founded in 478 BC under the hegemony of Athens, whose purpose was to continue fighting the Persian Empire after the Greek victory in the Battle of Plataea at the end of the Second Persian invasion of Greece. The League functioned as a dual—offensive and defensive—alliance (symmachia) of autonomous states, similar to its rival association, the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
Peloponnesian WarBelligerentsAthensDelian LeagueThessalyPlataeaArgosAcarnaniaElis (418 BC)Mantinea (418 BC)Segesta (415–413 BC)Etruscans (415–413 BC)SpartaPeloponnesian LeagueThebesBoeotian LeagueDelphiPhocisDorisAmbraciaMacedon (up until 421 BC)SyracuseSupported from 413 by: Tissaphernes (Achaemenid empire) (413–408 BC)Cyrus the Younger (from 408 BC)Commanders and leadersPericles#PhormioCleon†NiciasAlcibiadesX (in exile)DemosthenesArchidamus IIBrasidas†GylippusLysanderAgis IIPleistoanaxCasualties and lossesAt least 18,070 soldiersUnknown number of civilian casualties Unknown The Peloponnesian War was fought in the between the Athenian-led Delian League and the Spartan-led Peloponnesian League from 431 to 404 BC for hegemony over Ancient Greece.
CassanderCassander (; Ancient Greek: Κάσσανδρος, romanized: Kássandros; c. 355 BC – 297 BC) was king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia from 305 BC until 297 BC, and de facto ruler of southern Greece from 317 BC until his death. A son of Antipater and a contemporary of Alexander the Great, Cassander was one of the Diadochi who warred over Alexander's empire following the latter's death in 323 BC.
ThucydidesThucydides ( ; Ancient Greek: , romanised: Thoukudídēs; c. 460 – c. 400 BC) was an Athenian historian and general. His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the 5th century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC.CleruchyA cleruchy (Greek: κληρουχία, klēroukhia; also klerouchy and kleruchy) in Classical Greece, was a specialized type of colony established by Athens. The term comes from the Greek word κληροῦχος, klēroukhos, literally "lot-holder". Cleruchies also existed in Hellenistic kingdoms like the Ptolemaic, Seleucid, and Attalid kingdoms.
ChalkidikiChalkidiki (; Greek: Χαλκιδική, romanized: Chalkidikḗ [xalciðiˈci]), Halkidiki, or Chalcidice is a peninsula and regional unit of Greece, in coastal Macedonia. The capital of Chalkidiki is the town of Polygyros, located in the centre of the peninsula, while the largest town is Nea Moudania. Chalkidiki is a popular summer tourist destination in Central Macedonia. The autonomous Mount Athos region constitutes the easternmost part of the peninsula.
ColonyA colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule, which rules the territory and its indigenous peoples separated from the foreign rulers, the colonizer, and their metropole (or "mother country"). This separated rule was often organized into colonial empires, with their metropoles at their centers, making colonies neither annexed or even integrated territories, nor client states.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.