Region: West Asia · Coordinates: 40.386, 27.883 · 14 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 411 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | Four days after the victory, Athens retakes Cyzicus and captures eight Byzantine ships |
| 410 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Alcibiades learns that Mindarus is at Cyzicus with Pharnabazus |
| 410 BC | Xenophon, Hellenica | Off Cyzicus they catch sixty ships of Mindarus; Alcibiades lands on the coast, kills Mindarus, and captures most of the Peloponnesian fleet. |
| 410 BC | Xenophon, Hellenica | Alcibiades stays twenty days at Cyzicus, receives much money, and returns to Proconnesus. |
| 73 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Mithridates plans an attack on Cyzicus |
| AD 193 | Eutropius, Breviarium | Severus kills Pescennius Niger, who revolted in Egypt and Syria, at Cyzicus. |
| AD 193 | Herodian, History of the Empire | Aemilianus, governor of Asia sent by Niger, and Severus's troops clash repeatedly at Cyzicus. Severus's forces win. |
| AD 194 | Aurelius Victor, De Caesaribus | Severus defeats Pescennius Niger, who revolted in Egypt, at Cyzicus and has him put to death. |
| AD 194 | Cassius Dio, Roman History | Severus's generals defeated and killed Niger's lieutenant Aemilianus near Cyzicus |
| AD 194 | Historia Augusta | Niger is beaten once under Aemilianus's command, then loses a second time when he stands against Severus, is wounded near Lake Cyzicus, is brought before Severus, and soon dies |
| AD 219 | Cassius Dio, Roman History | While wintering at Nicomedia, attempts at revolt by several legions, including a commoner who plotted a mutiny of the fleet stationed at Cyzicus; Dio investigated personally as governor of Pergamum |
| AD 268 | Zosimus, New History | When many ships collide and sink in the strong currents of the Propontis, the barbarians head for Cyzicus but return with nothing to show. |
| AD 1080 | Anna Komnene, The Alexiad | Cyzicus fell to the Turks, and the emperor summoned Alexios. |
| AD 1113 | Anna Komnene, The Alexiad | A messenger reported that the Turks had plundered the Lopadion area and had taken Cyzicus from the sea side at the first assault. |