Book 9 — SYNCHRONISTICAL TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN HERODOTUS.
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GREEKS.
Peloponnesus.
B.C.
Rape of Io from Argos 1687
Pelops conq. the Pelopon 1362
Eurystheus conquered 1311
Rape of Helen 1290
Aristodemus conq. the Pelo. 1190
Lacedæmon. Corinth.
B.C. B.C.
Procles and Eurysthenes kings 1178 Oligarchy of Bacchiadæ
Theras col. Callista (Thera) 1150 Cypselus born 700
Lycurgus 884 Seizes the trannny 663
Battus migrates from Cal. and founds Cyrene 632 Periander 633
First war with Tegea 620 Banishes Lycophron 575
Ariston and Anaxandrides, kings of Lacedæmon 574 Sends 300 Corcyræan boys to Alyattes 565
Ally with Crœsus 554 Dies 563
Tegea taken 546 Miltiades, son of Cypselus, founds Chersonesus 560
War with Argives about Thyrea 545 Stesagoras succeeds 531
Send troops ag't. Polycrates 525 Miltiades, son of Cimon, succeeds 515
Demaratus 520
Cleomenes 515 Takes Lemnos 510
Dorieus migrates to Libya 515
Cleo. violates the Argive grove 514 Retires before the Scythians 507
Cleomenes expels Clisthenes from Athens 508
Invades Attica 507
Demaratus exiled 492 Escapes from the Persians to Imbros 497
Leotychides king 492
Cleomenes kills himself 490
Leonidas slain at Thermopylæ 480 At the battle of Salamis 480
Pausanias wins at Platæa 479
Leotychides at Mycale 479
Attica, Bœotia, Phocis, Ætolia, etc. Greeks in Asia and the Islands.
B.C. B.C.
Deucalion 1570 Ion goes to Asia 1391
Cecrops 1550
Erectheus 1510
Ion, son of Xuthus 1427 Æolian migrations under Orestes, Penthilus, and Echelatus 1210-1174
Rape of Medea by the Argonauts 1349
Theseus defeated Eurystheus 1311
Decaleans give up Helen to the Tyndaridæ 1296 Ionian migrations (driven from the Pelop. by the Achæans) 1130
Pelasgians expelled from Attica, conquer Lemnos 1162
Codrus 1153
Rape of Ath. women from Brauron 1152 Dorian migration, Samians reach Tartessus 640
Alcmæon, the last Archon 683
Conspiracy of Ceylon 612 Thrasybulus 625
Legislation of Solon 594
Megacles mar. Clisthenes' daughter 570 Conquered by Crœsus
Pisistratus, tyrant 561
Expelled 559 Conquered by Harpagus 542
Re-established 555
Re-expelled 553 Phocæans defeat Carthaginians, etc.
Regains it 542
Dies 528 Found Hyela 535
Hipparchus succeeds 528
Assassina. of Cimon 527 Polycrates tyrant at Samos 532-523
Hipparchus assassinated 514
Hippias succeeds 514 Samians found Cydonia 524
Expelled 510 Syloson obtains Samos 512
Factions of Clisthenes and Isagoras 509 Ionians commence disturbances 504
Clisthenes expelled 508 Burn Sardis 503
Inv. of Cleomenes 507 Joined by the Cyprians 502
Athenians defeat the Bœotians, invade Eubœa, and conquer the Chalcidians 506 Miletus taken 498
Miltiades gains the battle of Marathon 490 Aristagoras slain 498
Dies 489 Samians take Zancle 497
Xerxes takes Athens 480 Chios, Tenedos, etc., taken by the Persians 497
Battle of Salamis 480 Phocians defeat Thessalians 482
Mardonius retakes Athens 479 Ionians join the allies at Mycale 479
BARBARIANS
Phœnicians. Egyptians. Scythians and Cimmerians.
Migrated from the Erythræan to Phoenicia, about 2267. God-kings, 17570 to 15570. Cimerians invade Asia, but expelled by the Scythians about 624.
Colonized Thasos, 1550. Menes to Mœris, 2235 to 1416. Scythians rule Upper Asia, 624 to 596.
Founded Carthage, 819. Sesostris to Sethon, 1416 to 671. Invaded by Darius, 508.
Circumnavigate Libya, 609. Twelve kings to Amasis, 671 to 525. Invade the Chersonesus; Miltiades retires, 507.
Assyrians and Babylonians. Lydians.
B.C.
Empire 1221—711 Atyadæ to 1221.
Semiramis 747—733 Heraclidæ, 1221—716.
Medic Revolt 711 Gyges, 716.
Babylonia Media, etc. Ardys, 678.
Nitocris, 604 to 561. Deioces, 700. Cimmerians take Sardis, 634.
Turns the Euphrates and improves Babylon. Div. the Medes. Sadyattes, 629.
Labynetus (Belshazzar), son of Nitocris, succeeds. Phraortes, 647. Milesian war, 622—610.
Arbitrates between Cyaxares and Alyattes. Invades Assyria Alyattes, 617.
Perished before Nineveh. Drove out Cimmerians, 613.
Cyaxares, 625. War with Cyaxares, 602.
Conq. Assyria. Crœsus, 560.
Besieges Nineveh, 603. Conquers Greeks.
Scythian invasion, 624-596. Visited by Solon.
Astyages, 585.
Cyrus born, 571.
King in sport, 561.
Persian Empire
Cyrus, king 550.
Attacked by Crœsus. Conquers Lydia, and takes Sardis. Mazares punishes Lydian rebels. Harpagus takes Phocæa, conquers Ionia and Æolis.
Babylon taken by Cyrus, 536.
Massagetan expedition. Cyrus slain, 530.
Cambyses, 530-523. Conquers Egypt, 525. Unsuccessful expedition against the Ethiopians and Ammonians. Wounds Apis. Goes mad. Slays his brother Smerdis. Marries and kills his sister. Magian revolt. Dies, 523.
Smerdis Magus, 523. Conspiracy of the Seven. Death of the Magi.
Darius, 522-485. Sends Democydes to spy Greece. Babylonian revolt. Babylon taken by Zopyrus, 516. Restores Syloson to Samos, 512. Barca conquered, 512. Invades Scythia, 508. Megabazus subdues Thrace. Otanes subdues Lemnos and Imbros. Disturbances in Ionia. Burning of Sardis, 503. Cyprians join the revolt, 502; conquered, 501. Miletus taken, 498. Pacification of Ionia, 497. Mardonius marches against Greece, 495. Wrecked at Athos. Darius sends to Greece for earth and water, 493. Expedition of Datis and Artaphernes, 492; enslave Naxos and Eretria, 490. Marathon, 490. Preparations for another invasion, 489. Egyptian revolt, 486.
Xerxes, 485-479. Subdues Egypt, 484. Prepares for a Greek expedition. Leaves Susa, April, 481. Winters at Sardis. Battle of Thermopylæ, 480. Takes Athens, 480. Battle of Salamis, Sept., 480. Retires to Asia. Mardonius defeated at Platæa, and the Persian fleet at Mycale, the same day, Sept. 22, 479.