{"slug": "thracian-chersonese", "label": "Thracian Chersonese", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thracian_Chersonese", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3774282", "qid": "Q3774282", "description": "ancient name of the Gallipoli peninsula", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [-498, -189], "span_label": ["499 BCE", "190 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "athens", "label": "Athens", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "thrace", "label": "Thrace", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "euboea", "label": "Euboea", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "macedon", "label": "Macedon", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "gallipoli", "label": "Gallipoli", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "demosthenes", "label": "Demosthenes", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lysimachus", "label": "Lysimachus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "macedonia-ancient-kingdom", "label": "Macedonia (ancient kingdom)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "anatolia", "label": "Anatolia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "antigonus-ii-gonatas", "label": "Antigonus II Gonatas", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dardanelles", "label": "Dardanelles", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lemnos", "label": "Lemnos", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -498, "year_label": "499 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Miltiades the Younger, the ruler of the Thracian Chersonese, which has been under Persian suzerainty since approximately 514 BC, joins the Ionian revolt. He seizes the islands of Lemnos and Imbros from the Persians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129380#Greece", "title": "499 BC", "revid": 1350129380, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -406, "year_label": "407 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The defeat gives the enemies of Alcibiades an excuse to strip him of his command. He never returns again to Athens. He sails north to land he owns in the Thracian Chersonese. Except for a brief appearance at Aegospotami, Alcibiades' involvement in the Peloponnesian War is over.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=996490221#Greece", "title": "407 BC", "revid": 996490221, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -357, "year_label": "358 BCE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Cersobleptes, in conjunction with his brothers, Amadocus II and Berisades, inherits the dominions of the Thracian king, Cotys I, following his murder. However, the overall management of Thracian affairs is assumed by the Euboean adventurer, Charidemus, who is connected by marriage with the royal family, and who plays the prominent part in the ensuing negotiations with Athens for the possession of the Thracian Chersonese.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1135050178#Greece", "title": "358 BC", "revid": 1135050178, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -356, "year_label": "357 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Euboean mercenary Charidemus recaptures the Thracian Chersonese for Athens. He receives, from Athens, a golden crown for his part in the victory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1210250153#Thrace", "title": "357 BC", "revid": 1210250153, "section": "Events › By place › Thrace"}}, {"year": -341, "year_label": "342 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Philip begins a series of campaigns in Thrace with the aim of annexing it to be a province of Macedonia. When the Macedonian army approaches Thracian Chersonese (the Gallipoli Peninsula), an Athenian general named Diopeithes ravages this district of Thrace, thus inciting Philip's rage for operating too near one of his towns in the Chersonese. Philip demands his recall. In response, the Athenian Assembly is convened. Demosthenes convinces the Athenians not to recall Diopeithes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1209992354#Macedonia", "title": "342 BC", "revid": 1209992354, "section": "Events › By place › Macedonia"}}, {"year": -308, "year_label": "309 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Lysimachus, the Macedonian ruler of Thrace and one of diadochi, founds the city of Lysimachia on the north-western extremity of the Thracian Chersonese (the modern Gallipoli peninsula) to serve as his capital.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247027805#Thrace", "title": "309 BC", "revid": 1247027805, "section": "Events › By place › Thrace"}}, {"year": -276, "year_label": "277 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Antigonus crosses the Hellespont and defeats the Celts under the command of Cerethrius at the Battle of Lysimachia near Lysimachia at the neck of the Thracian Chersonese. After this success, he is acknowledged by the Macedonians as their king.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1256058749#Greece", "title": "277 BC", "revid": 1256058749, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -189, "year_label": "190 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "For assisting the Romans in defeating Antiochus III, Eumenes II of Pergamum is rewarded with a great increase in territory. He is given control over the Thracian Chersonese (the modern Gallipoli peninsula) and over most of the former Seleucid possessions in Anatolia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342606670#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "190 BC", "revid": 1342606670, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}]}