{"slug": "methoni-messenia", "label": "Methoni, Messenia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methoni%2C_Messenia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q998805", "qid": "Q998805", "description": "village in Messenia, Greece", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [-430, 1500], "span_label": ["431 BCE", "1500 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "peloponnese", "label": "Peloponnese", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "republic-of-venice", "label": "Republic of Venice", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "june", "label": "June", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "republic-of-genoa", "label": "Republic of Genoa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "marshal-of-france", "label": "Marshal of France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "greece", "label": "Greece", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "holy-land", "label": "Holy Land", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "brasidas", "label": "Brasidas", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mauretania", "label": "Mauretania", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "messenia", "label": "Messenia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -430, "year_label": "431 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Athenian fleet raids the Peloponnese and pilages the area around Methone. The town is saved through an intervention by the Spartan general Brasidas. The Athenians then sail on laying waste to the coastal areas of the western Peloponnese.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364036128#Greece", "title": "431 BC", "revid": 1364036128, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -31, "year_label": "32 BCE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Zacynthus is held by Gaius Sosius, and Methone (Messenia) by Bogud of the royal house of Mauretania, driven into exile by his brother Bocchus II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1325920749#Roman_Republic", "title": "32 BC", "revid": 1325920749, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": 1209, "year_label": "1209 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June", "text": "June – Treaty of Sapienza: The Republic of Venice recognizes the possession of the Peloponnese by Geoffrey I of Villehardouin and keeps only the fortresses of Modon and Coron. Venice also acquires an exemption of her merchants from all tariffs, and the right to establish \"a church, a market and a court\" in every city of Achaea.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362169644#Europe", "title": "1209", "revid": 1362169644, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1403, "year_label": "1403 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 7", "text": "October 7 – Battle of Modon: The Genoese fleet under Jean Le Maingre (Marshal Boucicaut) is defeated by the Republic of Venice, at Modon in the Peloponnese.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371593649#October–December", "title": "1403", "revid": 1371593649, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1446, "year_label": "1446 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "December 23", "text": "December 23 – On their way back to England after a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, the 37 pilgrims on the ship Cog Anne are killed when the vessel strikes a rock near the port of Modon in Greece.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360566332#October–December", "title": "1446", "revid": 1360566332, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1500, "year_label": "1500 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 9", "text": "August 9 – The Ottoman Empire defeats the Venetians and capture Modon and Coron, the \"two eyes of the Republic\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371377541#July–September", "title": "1500", "revid": 1371377541, "section": "Events › July–September"}}]}