State
polis
ancient Greek social and political organisation
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- 669–146 BCE
Overview
A polis (pl.: poleis) was any Ancient Greek city-state. The ancient word polis had socio-political connotations not possessed by modern usage. For example, Modern Greek πόλη (póli), "city", is located within a χώρα (chóra), "country", which is a πατρίδα (patrída) or "native land" for its citizens. In ancient Greece, the polis was the native land; there was no other. It had a constitution and demanded the supreme loyalty of its citizens. Χώρα was only the countryside, not a country. Ancient Greece was not a sovereign country; rather, it was territory occupied by Hellenic people, those who claimed as their native language some dialect of Ancient Greek.
Records (16)
- 669 BCE — Battle of HysiaeBattle · Argos ▸ Sparta
- 590 BCE — Battle of CrisaBattle · Delphi, Thessaly, Athens, Sicyon ▸ Crisa
- 480 BCE — Battle of ThermopylaeBattle · Persia ▸ Sparta
- 435 BCE — Battle of LeucimneBattle · Corcyra ▸ Corinth
- 406 BCE — Battle of AcragasBattle · Carthage ▸ Syracuse
- 405 BCE — Battle of AegospotamiBattle · Sparta ▸ Athens
- 388 BCE — Battle of CremasteBattle · Sparta, Persia, Syracuse ▸ Athens
- 376 BCE — Battle of NaxosBattle · Athens ▸ Sparta
- 338 BCE — Battle of MandoniumBattle · Lucania ▸ Sparta
- 222 BCE — Battle of SellasiaBattle · Macedon ▸ Sparta
- 199 BCE — Battle of ScotitasBattle · Achaean League ▸ Sparta
- 197 BCE — Battle of CynoscephalaeBattle · Rome ▸ Macedonia
- 191 BCE — Battle of ThermopylaeBattle · Rome ▸ Seleucid Empire
- 171 BCE — Battle of CallicinusBattle · Macedon ▸ Rome
- 150 BCE — Battle of PtolemaisBattle · Alexander Balas ▸ Demetrius I
- 146 BCE — Battle of ScarpheiaBattle · Rome ▸ Achaean League
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