Cardia (in Greek Kαρδία), anciently the chief town of the Thracian Chersonese (today Gallipoli peninsula), was situated at the head of the gulf of Melas (today Saros bay). Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly The Thracian Chersonese (in Greek Θρᾳκικὴ Χερσόνησoς) was the ancient name of the Gallipoli peninsula in the part of historic Thrace Gallipoli peninsula (Gelibolu Yarımadası is located in Turkish Thrace, the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles It was originally a colony of the Milesians and Clazomenians; but subsequently, in the time of Miltiades (late 6th century BC), the place also received Athenian colonists, as proved by Miltiades tyranny (515–493 BC). This article is about a type of political territory For other uses see Colony (disambiguation. Miletus (mī lē' təs ( Ancient Greek: Μίλητος literally Transliterated Milētos, Latin Miletus) was an Ancient Klazomenai (also spelled Clazomenae, Greek: Κλαζομεναί, modern-day Kilizman near İzmir in Turkey) was an The 6th century BC started the first day of 600 BC and ended the last day of 501 BC. Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's Events and trends 519 BC — Zhou Jing Wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China. Events By place Persian Empire A Phoenician manned Persian fleet restores Persian control of Cyprus But this didn't make Cardia necessarily always pro-Athenian: when in 357 BC Athens took control of the Chersonese, the latter, under the rule of a Thracian prince, was the only city to remain neutral; but the decisive year was 352 BC when the city conluded a treaty of amity with king Philip II of Macedonia. Events By place Persian Empire Rhodes falls to the Persian Satrap Mausolus of Halicarnassus. "Thracians" also refers to modern inhabitants of Thrace, regardless of ethnicity Events By place Greece After two initial efforts Philip II of Macedon drives the Phocians south after a major victory over Philip II of Macedon, ( Greek: Φίλιππος Β' ο Μακεδών &mdash φίλος = friend + ίππος = Horse A great crisis exploded when Diopeithes, an Athenian mercenary captain, had in 343 BC brought Attic settlers to the town; and since Cardia was unwilling to receive them, Philip immediately sent help to the town. Diopeithes (in Greek Διoπείθης; lived during the 4th century BC) was an Athenian general probably father of the poet Menander Events By place Persian Empire The King of Persia, Artaxerxes III, personally leads the Persian forces invading Egypt The king proposed to settle the dispute between the two cities by arbitration, but Athens refused. ¹ The town was destroyed by Lysimachus about 309 BC², and although it was afterwards rebuilt, it never again rose to any degree of prosperity, as Lysimachia, which was built in its vicinity and peopled with the inhabitants of Cardia, became the chief town in that neighbourhood. Lysimachus ( Greek: Λυσίμαχος Lysimachos; 360 BCE - 281 BCE was a Macedonian officer and diadochus (i Events By place Asia Minor Ptolemy personally commands a fleet that captures the coastal regions of Lycia and Caria Lysimachia ( Λυσιμάχια or Λυσιμάχεια) was an important hellenistic Greek town on the north-western extremity of the Thracian Chersonese ³ Cardia was the birthplace of Alexander's secetary Eumenes⁴ and of the historian Hieronymus. Eumenes of Cardia ( Greek: Ευμένης ca 362 BC—316 BC was a Greek general and scholar Hieronymus of Cardia (Thrace, Greek general and Historian, contemporary of Alexander the Great (354-250 BC After the death of the king ⁵

References

• Curtius, Ernst; The history of Greece, Adolphus William Ward (translator); New York, (1874)
• Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, "Cardia", London, (1854)

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