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In the classical period, Athens was a centre for the arts, learning, and philosophy, the home of Plato 's Academy and Aristotle 's Lyceum, [2][3] Athens was also the birthplace of Socrates, Plato, Pericles, Aristophanes, Sophocles, and many other prominent philosophers, writers, and politicians of the ancient world.
267 CE – Agora sacked by Germanic Heruli forces. [6] 396 CE – City taken by forces of Visigoth Alaric. [6] 582 – City sacked by Slavic forces. [6] 1146 – City "plundered by Roger, King of Sicily." [8] 1204 – Othon de la Roche of Burgundy becomes Duke of Athens.
670 Miletus is sieged by Lydia, Priene is annexed by Lydia, Samos annexes former Melian territory. 669 or 668 Battle of Hysiae. 668 Lydia abandons siege of Mietus. 667 Byzantium is founded by Korinthians. 665 The second Messenian war ends. 664 Corcyran Revolt and First Sea Battle in ancient Greece between Corcyra and Korinthos.
WVNN (AM) / 34.75056°N 86.79944°W / 34.75056; -86.79944. WVNN (770 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Athens, Alabama, serving parts of North Alabama including Huntsville and Decatur. Owned by Cumulus Media, it airs a news/talk format. Programming on WVNN is simulcast on WVNN-FM 92.5 MHz, which is licensed to Trinity ...
Various. Under the reign of Philip II (359–336 BC), the ancient kingdom of Macedonia, initially at the periphery of classical Greek affairs, came to dominate Ancient Greece in the span of just 25 years, largely thanks to the character and policies of its king. [1] In addition to utilising effective diplomacy and marriage alliances to achieve ...
War. During midsummer of 357 BC Chabrias 's fleet was defeated and he was killed in the attack on the island of Chios. In 356 BC, the revolting allies ravaged the Athenian-loyal islands of Lemnos and Imbros but were only able to lay siege to Samos because it was defended by cleruchs. Chares was given complete command of the Athenian fleet and ...
Greece. The King of Sparta, Agesilaus II, dies at Cyrene, Cyrenaica, on his way home to Greece from Egypt. He is succeeded by his son Archidamus III as Eurypontid king of Sparta. As the Illyrians attack the Molossians, the Molossian king Arymbas brings his non-combatant people to safety elsewhere.
The Athens Suburban Railway (Greek: Προαστιακός Αθήνας, romanized:Proastiakós Athínas), officially the Athens Suburban and Regional Railway, [ 3 ] is a commuter rail service that connects the city of Athens and its metropolitan area with other places in Attica, Boeotia, Corinthia and the city of Chalcis in Euboea. [ 4 ]