Gordium Timeline

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c. 1150 BCE
Gordium is settled by Thracians.
c. 850 BCE
Gordium becomes the capital of the Phrygians.
696 BCE
Gordium is sacked by the Cimmerians.
c. 600 BCE
Gordium becomes part of Lydia.
c. 547 BCE
Gordium becomes part of the Persian satrapy of Greater Phrygia.
334 BCE
Alexander the Great cuts the "Gordian Knot" in the city.
189 BCE
The citadel and lower town of Gordium are abandoned after the Roman conquest.