Region: West Asia · Coordinates: 40.983, 29.026 · 11 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 409 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | When he besieges Chalcedon, Pharnabazus comes to its relief |
| 408 BC | Xenophon, Hellenica | They set up camp near Chalcedon; the Chalcedonians have entrusted their property to the Thracians of Bithynia. |
| 408 BC | Xenophon, Hellenica | Alcibiades makes a treaty with the Bithynians and blockades Chalcedon with a palisade. The Lacedaemonian governor Hippocrates sallies out and dies in battle. |
| 74 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Cotta is defeated by land and sea and is shut up and besieged in Chalcedon |
| AD 218 | Cassius Dio, Roman History | Macrinus was exposed and arrested at Chalcedon while asking for money; the centurion Aurelius Celsus seized him and dragged him as far as Cappadocia |
| AD 221 | Cassius Dio, Roman History | The spirit of Alexander crossed by ship to Chalcedonian territory, performed night rites, buried a wooden horse and vanished |
| AD 257 | Zosimus, New History | The Scythian land army crosses the strait between Byzantium and Chalcedon in fishermen's boats; the defenders flee, and they take Chalcedon bloodlessly, seizing money, arms and provisions. |
| AD 324 | Aurelius Victor, De Caesaribus | Licinius, defeated in Thrace, withdraws to Chalcedon and makes Martinianus co-emperor, but both are overpowered together. |
| AD 324 | Zosimus, New History | Licinius crosses to Chalcedon and makes Martinianus Caesar to resist, but only 30,000 of 130,000 survive the defeat between Chalcedon and the Sacred Cape, and the citizens of Byzantium and Chalcedon open their gates. |
| AD 1097 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | The duke receives gifts, crosses the Bosporus and camps at the village of Chalcedon |
| AD 1147 | William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea | Emperor Conrad, having crossed the Hellespont, is deceived by Greek malice and led into a dangerous place |