Region: Southern Europe · Coordinates: 40.789, 23.873 · 5 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 476 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | He goes to Thrace, besieges and captures Eion on the river Strymon |
| 476 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | Cimon takes Eion on the Strymon from the Medes and enslaves its people |
| 425 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | Simonides takes Eion in Thrace by treachery but is driven out by the Chalcidians and Bottiaeans |
| 425 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | An Athenian tribute-collecting commander arrests Artaphernes, a Persian envoy traveling from Eion to Sparta |
| 422 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | Cleon bases himself at Eion, fails in an attack on Stagirus, then takes Galepsus by assault |