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Kydonia

ancient city in Crete, Greece

6 dated entries naming Kydonia, drawn from 6 separate years between 429 BCE and 828 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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5th century BC

  • 429 BCEThe Athenians, in alliance with Polichne, destroy the Cretan city of Kydonia.source

4th century BC

  • 343 BCEPhalaikos unsuccessfully lays siege to Kydonia on the island of Crete.source

3rd century BC

  • 219 BCEThe Cretan city of Kydonia joins the Aetolian alliance.source

1st century BC

  • 69 BCEKydonia, an ancient city on the island of Crete falls to Roman military forces.source
  • 32 BCESparta under Caius Iulius Eurycles, whose father Antony had been ordered to be executed for piracy, declares his support for Octavian. Lappa (modern Argyroupoli) in Attica and Kydonia in Crete revolt against Cleopatra.source

9th century

  • 828Kydonia, on the northwest coast of Crete, is destroyed by Saracen pirates (approximate date).source

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