{"slug": "thessalonica", "label": "Thessalonica", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessalonica", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [-431, 1430], "span_label": ["432 BCE", "1430 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "ottoman-empire", "label": "Ottoman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "murad-ii", "label": "Murad II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-empire", "label": "Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "asia-minor", "label": "Asia Minor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "goths", "label": "Goths", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dacia", "label": "Dacia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "macedon", "label": "Macedon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "potidaea", "label": "Potidaea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gulf-of-corinth", "label": "Gulf of Corinth", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "second-bulgarian-empire", "label": "Second Bulgarian Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "boniface-i-marquis-of-montferrat", "label": "Boniface I, Marquis of Montferrat", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "arabs", "label": "Arabs", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -431, "year_label": "432 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Athenian admiral, Phormio, continues the siege of Potidaea by blocking the entrance to the Gulf of Corinth. Meanwhile an Athenian fleet, led by Archestratus, sails for Potidaea. However, instead of attacking Potidaea, they attack the Macedonians under Perdiccas II, who have allied with the Potidaeans. The Athenians capture Therma (modern Thessalonica) and then go on to besiege Pydna. However, as the Athenians are besieging Pydna, they receive news that Corinth has sent a force under the command of Aristeus to support Potidaea. In response, Athens sends more troops and ships under the command of Hipponicus. The combined Athenian force sails to Potidaea and lands there. In the ensuing Battle of Potidaea, the Athenians are victorious against Corinth and its allies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330384213#Greece", "title": "432 BC", "revid": 1330384213, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": 256, "year_label": "256 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Goths invade Asia Minor. Dacia is lost for the Roman Empire, and the Goths appear at the walls of Thessalonica.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371188385#Roman_Empire", "title": "256", "revid": 1371188385, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 678, "year_label": "678 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Autumn – Siege of Constantinople: Emperor Constantine IV confronts the Arab besiegers in a head-on engagement. The Byzantine fleet, equipped with Greek fire, destroys the Muslim fleet at Sillyon, ending the Arab threat to Europe, and forcing Yazid (a son of caliph Muawiyah I) to lift the siege on land and sea. The victory also frees up forces that are sent to raise the two-year siege of Thessalonica by the local Slavic tribes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352010309#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "678", "revid": 1352010309, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1207, "year_label": "1207 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 4", "text": "September 4 – Battle of Messinopolis: Latin forces under Boniface of Montferrat are ambushed and defeated at Messinopolis. Boniface is killed and his head is sent to Kaloyan, ruler (tsar) of the Bulgarian Empire. Seeking to take advantage of the situation, Kaloyan besieges Thessalonica. In October, he dies under mysterious circumstances.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348494398#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1207", "revid": 1348494398, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1342, "year_label": "1342 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 – The Zealots seize power in Thessalonica, expelling its aristocrats and declaring themselves in favour of the regency.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358078138#Date_unknown", "title": "1342", "revid": 1358078138, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1396, "year_label": "1396 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 11", "text": "January 11 – Isidore Glabas, Metropolitan bishop of Thessalonica (b. 1341/2)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360576293#Deaths", "title": "1396", "revid": 1360576293, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1430, "year_label": "1430 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 29", "text": "March 29 – The Ottoman Empire, led by the Sultan Murad II, captures Thessalonica in Greece after an eight-year siege.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561329#January–March", "title": "1430", "revid": 1369561329, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}