{"slug": "elefsina", "label": "Elefsina", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elefsina", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q204905", "qid": "Q204905", "description": "modern city in West Attica, Greece", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [-439, 171], "span_label": ["440 BCE", "171 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Eleusina", "Eleusis"], "related": [{"slug": "athens", "label": "Athens", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "balkans", "label": "Balkans", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "thrace", "label": "Thrace", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "dacia", "label": "Dacia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "eleusinian-mysteries", "label": "Eleusinian Mysteries", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "alcibiades", "label": "Alcibiades", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "samos", "label": "Samos", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "germans", "label": "Germans", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "piraeus", "label": "Piraeus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "agiad-dynasty", "label": "Agiad dynasty", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -439, "year_label": "440 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The stela, Demeter, Persephone and Triptolemos, from Eleusis, is made (approximate date). It is now kept at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1242238578#Art", "title": "440 BC", "revid": 1242238578, "section": "Events › By topic › Art"}}, {"year": -407, "year_label": "408 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Alcibiades enters Athens in triumph after an absence of 7 years. He leads the religious procession from Athens to Eleusis, thus atoning for his alleged impiety in 415 BC when he was held to have joined in profaning the Sacred Mysteries. Alcibiades is appointed commander-in-chief with autocratic powers and leaves for Samos to rejoin his fleet.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1303241146#Greece", "title": "408 BC", "revid": 1303241146, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -402, "year_label": "403 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Battle of Piraeus is fought between Athenian exiles, who have defeated the government of the Thirty Tyrants and occupied Piraeus, and a Spartan force sent to combat them. In the battle, the Spartans narrowly defeat the exiles, with both sides suffering large numbers of casualties. After the battle, the Agiad King of Sparta, Pausanias arranges a settlement between the two parties which allows the reunification of Athens and Piraeus, and the re-establishment of democratic government in Athens. The remaining oligarchic Thirty Tyrants are allowed to flee to Eleusis.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1246106639#Greece", "title": "403 BC", "revid": 1246106639, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": 167, "year_label": "167 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": null, "text": "The Germans devastate the Balkans and ransack the sanctuary of Eleusis, near Athens.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371302510#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 167", "revid": 1371302510, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 170, "year_label": "170 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Costoboci cross the Danube (Dacia) and ravage Thrace in the Balkan Peninsula. They reach Eleusina, near Athens, and destroy the temple of the Eleusinian Mysteries.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371303023#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 170", "revid": 1371303023, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 171, "year_label": "171 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Costoboci cross the Danube (Dacia) and ravage Thrace in the Balkan Peninsula. They reach Eleusis, near Athens, and destroy the temple of the Eleusinian Mysteries.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371303100#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 171", "revid": 1371303100, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}]}