Gordium Timeline

Gordium is settled by Thracians.

Gordium becomes the capital of the Phrygians.

Gordium is sacked by the Cimmerians.

Gordium becomes part of Lydia.

Gordium becomes part of the Persian satrapy of Greater Phrygia.

Alexander the Great cuts the "Gordian Knot" in the city.

The citadel and lower town of Gordium are abandoned after the Roman conquest.