{"slug": "macedonia-greece", "label": "Macedonia (Greece)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_%28Greece%29", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81734", "qid": "Q81734", "description": "geographic and administrative region of Greece", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [-461, 1305], "span_label": ["462 BCE", "1305 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}], "related": [{"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "may", "label": "May", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "thessaloniki", "label": "Thessaloniki", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "thrace", "label": "Thrace", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "argos-peloponnese", "label": "Argos, Peloponnese", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "theme-byzantine-district", "label": "Theme (Byzantine district)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "opsikion", "label": "Opsikion", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "april", "label": "April", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "principality-of-hungary", "label": "Principality of Hungary", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "athens", "label": "Athens", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sparta", "label": "Sparta", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-army", "label": "Roman army", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -461, "year_label": "462 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Argos, taking advantage of Spartan preoccupation with the revolt of its helots, finally conquers Mycenae. The inhabitants of the town are dispersed, with some finding their way into Macedonia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267837683#Greece", "title": "462 BC", "revid": 1267837683, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": 267, "year_label": "267 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Goths sack several cities of southern Greece including Athens, Corinth, Argos and Sparta. After the Sack of Athens, an Athenian militia force (2,000 men), under the historian Dexippus, pushes the invaders to the north where they are intercepted by the Roman army under emperor Gallienus. He wins an important victory near the Nestos River, on the boundary between Macedonia and Thrace.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367427906#Roman_Empire", "title": "267", "revid": 1367427906, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 715, "year_label": "715 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May", "text": "May – Emperor Anastasios II is deposed in an army mutiny, and succeeded by Theodosius III, a tax-collector from the theme of Opsikion (modern Turkey). After a six-month siege, Theodosius and his troops take Constantinople; Anastasios is forced to abdicate the throne, and retires to a monastery in Thessaloniki (Macedonia).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367661130#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "715", "revid": 1367661130, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 959, "year_label": "959 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April", "text": "April - May – The Byzantines refuse to pay the yearly tribute. A Hungarian army, led by Apor, invades Macedonia and Thrace. He plunders its territories until reaching Constantinople. On his way back, Apor is defeated during a night attack by Byzantine forces.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512808#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "959", "revid": 1341512808, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1257, "year_label": "1257 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – The Epirote–Nicaean conflict (1257–59) begins between the Despotate of Epirus and the Empire of Nicaea. Despot Michael II Komnenos Doukas revolts and defeats the Nicaean army under George Akropolites. The Epirote and Serbian forces join their attacks against Michael, who sends his forces into Macedonia and marches on to Thessalonica. In response, Michael is attacked – on the west coast of Epirus – by Manfred of Sicily. Manfred first occupies the major Ionian Islands, including Corfu. Then he lands on the Albanian coast and takes Durazzo, Berat, Valona and their environs.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350011805#Europe", "title": "1257", "revid": 1350011805, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1305, "year_label": "1305 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 30", "text": "April 30 – Byzantine Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos invites Roger de Flor, Italian nobleman and adventurer, to Adrianople and has him assassinated there. Along with de Flor, 300 horsemen and some 1,000 foot soldiers who accompanied him are killed. The plan is executed by Alan mercenaries, who at that time are enlisted in the Byzantine army. The murder of the commander of the Catalan Company does not have the expected results. Not only is the Company not disbanded, but its attacks on Byzantine territory becomes more severe. The period of destruction in Macedonia and Thrace after the murder of de Flor becomes known as the \"Catalan Revenge\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1297125288#April_–_June", "title": "1305", "revid": 1297125288, "section": "Events › April – June"}}]}