{"slug": "salamis-cyprus", "label": "Salamis, Cyprus", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamis%2C_Cyprus", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q767089", "qid": "Q767089", "description": "historical state on Cyprus and archaeological site", "entries": 10, "years": 9, "span": [-497, 649], "span_label": ["498 BCE", "649 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "cyprus", "label": "Cyprus", "shared": 8}, {"slug": "egypt", "label": "Egypt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "anatolia", "label": "Anatolia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ancient-egypt", "label": "Ancient Egypt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aegean-sea", "label": "Aegean Sea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ptolemy-i-soter", "label": "Ptolemy I Soter", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "demetrius-poliorcetes", "label": "Demetrius Poliorcetes", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "antigonus-i-monophthalmus", "label": "Antigonus I Monophthalmus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mediterranean", "label": "Mediterranean", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "achaemenid-empire", "label": "Achaemenid Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "rhodes", "label": "Rhodes", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ionia", "label": "Ionia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -497, "year_label": "498 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Kaunos and Caria, followed by Byzantium and towns in the Hellespont also revolt against the Persians. Cyprus also joins the rebellion, as Onesilus removes his pro-Persian brother, Gorgos, from the throne of Salamis.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373138296#Greece", "title": "498 BC", "revid": 1373138296, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"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": -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"}}, {"year": -305, "year_label": "306 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Demetrius Poliorcetes lands on Cyprus and besieges Menelaus, brother of Egypt's ruler, Ptolemy I Soter, at Salamis. Ptolemy Soter, coming to his brother's aid, is decisively defeated in the Battle of Salamis. The battle completely destroys the naval power of Egypt and results in the capture of Cyprus by Demetrius. This gives Demetrius' father, Antigonus I Monophthalmus, control of the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326553952#Cyprus", "title": "306 BC", "revid": 1326553952, "section": "Events › By place › Cyprus"}}, {"year": 367, "year_label": "367 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Epiphanius of Salamis becomes bishop of Salamis, Cyprus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326556842#Religion", "title": "367", "revid": 1326556842, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 649, "year_label": "649 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Arab–Byzantine War: Arab naval forces under Abdullah ibn Saad conquer Cyprus, sacking the capital Constantia after a short siege, and looting the rest of the island. The Cypriots agree to pay the same revenue as they have done to Emperor Constans II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365938693#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "649", "revid": 1365938693, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}]}