Corcyra

Region: Southern Europe · Coordinates: 39.608, 19.907 · 15 events

Events

YearSourceAccount
439 BCDiodorus Siculus, Library of HistoryCorinth and Corcyra equipped fleets and fought a naval battle.
427 BCThucydides, History of the Peloponnesian WarOligarchs released as prisoners stir up a break with Athens, starting the civil war in Corcyra
427 BCThucydides, History of the Peloponnesian WarNicostratus arrives with 12 ships and 500 Messenian hoplites and mediates a reconciliation
427 BCThucydides, History of the Peloponnesian WarSixty Corcyraean ships sail out in disorder and fight the Peloponnesians (ending at sunset)
427 BCThucydides, History of the Peloponnesian WarDuring the seven days Eurymedon stays, the Corcyraean people slaughter the oligarchs
425 BCThucydides, History of the Peloponnesian WarEurymedon and Sophocles, with the Corcyraean citizens, attack the faction on Mount Istone
425 BCThucydides, History of the Peloponnesian WarThe popular party tricks the prisoners into breaking a truce, then locks them up and drags them out to slaughter; many prisoners kill themselves
415 BCThucydides, History of the Peloponnesian WarAt Corcyra the fleet is inspected and divided into three squadrons, and three advance ships are sent to Italy and Sicily
375 BCXenophon, HellenicaAthens gives Timotheus sixty ships to sail around the Peloponnese and subdues Corcyra (without enslavement or exile).
374 BCDiodorus Siculus, Library of HistoryAs the Corcyrean war was ending, the Athenian fleet entered the harbor of Corcyra.
373 BCXenophon, HellenicaMnasippus lands on Corcyra, plunders the land, and blockades the city.
373 BCXenophon, HellenicaAthens sends Ctesicles with six hundred light-armed troops and prepares sixty ships; it dismisses Timotheus and appoints Iphicrates.
373 BCXenophon, HellenicaIn battle before the city Mnasippus falls, the mercenaries disband, and the Spartan army withdraws from Corcyra.
372 BCXenophon, HellenicaNear Corcyra they capture ten ships of Dionysius and detain Chrysippus.
AD 20Tacitus, Annals and HistoriesAgrippina, without pausing for the winter voyage, reaches the island of Corcyra

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