{"slug": "patras", "label": "Patras", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patras", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133123", "qid": "Q133123", "description": "city in Greece", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [-312, 1430], "span_label": ["313 BCE", "1430 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Patrae"], "related": [{"slug": "greece", "label": "Greece", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "peloponnese", "label": "Peloponnese", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ancient-corinth", "label": "Ancient Corinth", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "arabs", "label": "Arabs", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "slavery", "label": "Slavery", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "south-slavs", "label": "South Slavs", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "constantius-ii", "label": "Constantius II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "church-of-the-holy-apostles", "label": "Church of the Holy Apostles", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "republic-of-venice", "label": "Republic of Venice", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "constantine-xi-palaiologos", "label": "Constantine XI Palaiologos", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -312, "year_label": "313 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Aristodemus and his mercenary army (recruited the year prior) cross over to the Peloponnese and fight Alexander, the son of Polyperchon, at Cyllene, and liberate Patrae and Aegium from Cassander's garrisons. Aristodemus then returns to Aetolia, leaving a sizeable force in the Pelopponese who help the city of Dyme eject its garrison, despite a failed intervention by Alexander.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300255025#Greece", "title": "313 BC", "revid": 1300255025, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -31, "year_label": "32 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Winter – Antony distributes garrisons along the west coast of Greece, stations the fleet at Actium and establishes his headquarters at Patrae.", "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": -30, "year_label": "31 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Agrippa storms Leucas, giving Octavian an anchorage and a second depot for his land supplies. He seizes the garrison at Patrae, and takes Antony's headquarters.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371049882#Roman_Republic", "title": "31 BC", "revid": 1371049882, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": 357, "year_label": "357 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "At about this date, the relics of St Andrew the Apostle are taken from Patras to Constantinople by order of the Emperor Constantius II, and deposited in the Church of the Holy Apostles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331328193#Religion", "title": "357", "revid": 1331328193, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 805, "year_label": "805 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Siege of Patras: Local Slavic tribes of the Peloponnese lay siege to the city of Patras (modern Greece), with aid from an Arab fleet. A Byzantine relief army under Skleros, military governor (strategos) from Corinth, is sent and retakes the city. The captured Slavs in Patras are made slaves, and a church is dedicated to St. Andrew.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361734873#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "805", "revid": 1361734873, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1429, "year_label": "1429 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 20", "text": "March 20 – Constantine XI Palaiologos, Emperor of Byzantium, begins the siege of the Greek port of Patras, which is controlled by the Venetian Republic. The city surrenders to the Byzantines on June 1.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351320610#January–March", "title": "1429", "revid": 1351320610, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1430, "year_label": "1430 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "With the surrender of Chalandritsa and the citadel of Patras to the Byzantine Despotate of the Morea, the Principality of Achaea comes to an end.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561329#Date_unknown", "title": "1430", "revid": 1369561329, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}]}