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883A decree by Byzantine emperor Basil I is the first recorded evidence of a monastery on Mount Athos.
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941Byzantine Emperor Romanos I grants pension rights to the monks on Mount Athos.
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963The Great Lavra monastery on Mount Athos is founded by Saint Athanasios.
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c. 980The Iviron monastery on Mount Athos is founded by Georgian monks.
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1304 - 1309Spanish mercenaries of the Catalan Grand Company attack the monasteries on Mount Athos.
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1430The Ottoman Empire grants Mount Athos and its monasteries independence in exchange for annual tribute.
