{"slug": "evagoras-i", "label": "Evagoras I", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evagoras_I", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q463301", "qid": "Q463301", "description": "king of Salamis on Cyprus from 411 to 373 BC", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [-409, -373], "span_label": ["410 BCE", "374 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "cyprus", "label": "Cyprus", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "salamis-cyprus", "label": "Salamis, Cyprus", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "egypt", "label": "Egypt", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "achaemenid-empire", "label": "Achaemenid Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "athens", "label": "Athens", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pharaoh", "label": "Pharaoh", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "anatolia", "label": "Anatolia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sparta", "label": "Sparta", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "chabrias", "label": "Chabrias", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "rhodes", "label": "Rhodes", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ionia", "label": "Ionia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "conon", "label": "Conon", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -409, "year_label": "410 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Evagoras re-establishes his family's claim as kings of Salamis which has been under Phoenician control for a number of years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1239404382#Cyprus", "title": "410 BC", "revid": 1239404382, "section": "Events › By place › Cyprus"}}, {"year": -393, "year_label": "394 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Athenian general Conon, the Persian satrap Pharnabazus and Evagoras, King of Salamis, win an overwhelming naval victory over the Spartans under Peisander in the Battle of Cnidus (near Rhodes). Following this victory, Conon and Pharnabazus sail along the coast of Ionia, expelling Spartan governors and garrisons from the cities, although they fail to reduce the Spartan bases at Abydos and Sestos. With the Spartan bid for building an empire crumbling, Persia gains mastery of the Aegean.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172908#Greece", "title": "394 BC", "revid": 1354172908, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -390, "year_label": "391 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Evagoras of Salamis and the Persians battle each other for control of Cyprus. Aided by the Athenians and the Egyptians, Evagoras extends his rule over the greater part of Cyprus and to several cities of Anatolia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367650502#Persian_Empire", "title": "391 BC", "revid": 1367650502, "section": "Events › By place › Persian Empire"}}, {"year": -389, "year_label": "390 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Pharaoh of Egypt, Hakor (Akoris), concludes a tripartite alliance with Evagoras, king of Cyprus, and Athens.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367650562#Egypt", "title": "390 BC", "revid": 1367650562, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": -385, "year_label": "386 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Freed from Spartan attacks by the Peace of Antalcidas (\"King's Peace\") of the previous year, Persia turns to quieting Cyprus and Egypt. Owing to the skill of King Evagoras of Cyprus and of Egypt's Greek mercenary general Chabrias, these wars drag on for the rest of the decade.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363395299#Persian_Empire", "title": "386 BC", "revid": 1363395299, "section": "Events › By place › Persian Empire"}}, {"year": -380, "year_label": "381 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Persian generals Tiribazus and Orontes I invade Cyprus, with an army far larger than any King Evagoras I of Cyprus could raise. However, Evagoras manages to cut off this force from being resupplied, and the starving troops rebel. However, the war then turns in the Persians' favour when Evagoras' fleet is destroyed at the Battle of Citium (Larnaca, Cyprus). Evagoras flees to Salamis, where he manages to conclude a peace which allows him to remain nominally king of Salamis, though in reality he is a vassal of the Persian king.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1284745980#Persian_Empire", "title": "381 BC", "revid": 1284745980, "section": "Events › By place › Persian Empire"}}, {"year": -373, "year_label": "374 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The King of Salamis, Evagoras, is assassinated. He is succeeded by his son, Nicocles, who continues his father's liberal Hellenising policy in Cyprus, encouraged by Isocrates, who writes his Exhortation to Nicocles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367114817#Cyprus", "title": "374 BC", "revid": 1367114817, "section": "Events › By place › Cyprus"}}, {"year": -373, "year_label": "374 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Evagoras, king of Salamis in Cyprus (assassinated)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367114817#Deaths", "title": "374 BC", "revid": 1367114817, "section": "Deaths"}}]}