{"slug": "corcyra", "label": "Corcyra", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corcyra", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 10, "years": 10, "span": [-663, -209], "span_label": ["664 BCE", "210 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "ancient-corinth", "label": "Ancient Corinth", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "apollonia-illyria", "label": "Apollonia (Illyria)", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "athens", "label": "Athens", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "corfu", "label": "Corfu", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "sparta", "label": "Sparta", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "roman-republic", "label": "Roman Republic", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "illyria", "label": "Illyria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "philip-v-of-macedon", "label": "Philip V of Macedon", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "pericles", "label": "Pericles", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-senate", "label": "Roman Senate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pergamum", "label": "Pergamum", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hannibal", "label": "Hannibal", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -663, "year_label": "664 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "First naval battle in Greek recorded history, between Corinth and Corcyra.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510244#Events", "title": "664 BC", "revid": 1370510244, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -434, "year_label": "435 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "A dispute arises between Epidamnus' oligarchs and democratic forces in the Greek colony. Most of the colony's inhabitants originate from Corinth or Corcyra (Corfu). Epidamnus' oligarchs are exiled and then appeal to Corcyra for help, while the democrats enlist the support of Corinth. Corcyra is then attacked by Corinth as the dispute heats up.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172915#Greece", "title": "435 BC", "revid": 1354172915, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -432, "year_label": "433 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Pericles concludes a defensive alliance with Corcyra (Corfu), the strong naval power in the Ionian Sea, which is the bitter enemy of Corinth. As a result, Athens intervenes in the dispute between Corinth and Corcyra, and, at the Battle of Sybota, a small contingent of Athenian ships play a critical role in preventing a Corinthian fleet from capturing Corcyra. Following this, Athens places Potidaea, a tributary ally of Athens but a colony of Corinth, under siege.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354173211#Greece", "title": "433 BC", "revid": 1354173211, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -427, "year_label": "428 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Despite encouragement from the Ionian leaders to engage the Athenians, Alcidas declines. Rather, Alcidas leads his fleet to Cyllene where the Spartans resolve to strengthen the fleet and send it to Corcyra where a revolution has broken out. Spartan leaders, Brasidas and Alcidas, then defeat a fleet of Corcyran ships. However, they retire when word reaches them that 60 Athenian ships from Leucas under the command of Eurymedon have been dispatched to intercept them.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1151725633#Greece", "title": "428 BC", "revid": 1151725633, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -426, "year_label": "427 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The civil war in Corcyra, in which the Athenians and the Spartans have interfered ineffectually, results in a victory of the democrats (who support an alliance with Athens) over the oligarchs.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1210114491#Greece", "title": "427 BC", "revid": 1210114491, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -372, "year_label": "373 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Iphicrates leads an Athenian expedition which successfully relieves Corcyra of a Spartan siege.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1080639284#Greece", "title": "373 BC", "revid": 1080639284, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -229, "year_label": "230 BCE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "With Roman merchants being killed by the Illyrian pirates, envoys are sent by Rome to Illyria. After the Roman ambassador Lucius Coruncanius and the Issaean ambassador Cleemporus are murdered at sea by Illyrian soldiers after causing offence to Queen Teuta, Roman forces occupy the island of Corcyra with the aim of humbling Teuta.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1304215922#Roman_Republic", "title": "230 BC", "revid": 1304215922, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -228, "year_label": "229 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The First Illyrian War started when the Roman Senate dispatched an army under the command of the consuls Lucius Postumius Albinus and Gnaeus Fulvius Centumalus to Illyria. Rome forced the withdrawal of Illyrian garrisons in the Greek cities of Epidamnus, Apollonia, Corcyra and Pharos and establishes a protectorate over these Greek towns.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1205848400#Illyria", "title": "229 BC", "revid": 1205848400, "section": "Events › By place › Illyria"}}, {"year": -214, "year_label": "215 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Philip V of Macedon and Hannibal negotiate an alliance under which they pledge mutual support and defence. Specifically, they agree to support each other against Rome, and that Hannibal shall have the right to make peace with Rome, but that any peace would include Philip and that Rome would be forced to give up control of Corcyra, Apollonia, Epidamnus, Pharos, Dimale, Parthini and Atintania and to restore to Demetrius of Pharos all his lands currently controlled by Rome.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1337286145#Greece", "title": "215 BC", "revid": 1337286145, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -209, "year_label": "210 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "After allying with Hannibal, Philip V of Macedon attacks the Roman positions in Illyria, but fails to take Corcyra or Apollonia, which are protected by the Roman fleet. Rome's command of the sea prevents his lending any effective aid to his Carthaginian ally in Italy. The Aetolians, Sparta and King Attalus of Pergamum join the Romans in the war against Philip V. This coalition is so strong that Philip V has to stop attacking Roman territory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1254970145#Greece", "title": "210 BC", "revid": 1254970145, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}]}