Naxos Timeline

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Naxos, with an area of 430 km², is the largest island in the Cyclades archipelago. The island enjoyed its most prosperous periods in the early Bronze Age and again in the Archaic and Classical periods.

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c. 5000 BCE
The Cyclades are first inhabited by settlers from Asia Mnior.
3000 BCE - 2200 BCE
The first archaeological evidence of organised communities in the Cyclades.
3000 BCE - 2000 BCE
Distinctive minimalistic standing marble figurines are produced in the Cyclades.
2200 BCE - 1700 BCE
Evidence of town planning and more sophisticated architecture in the Cylades.
1700 BCE - 1400 BCE
The culture in the Cyclades is increasingly influenced by Minoan Crete.
1400 BCE - 1100 BCE
Culture in the Cyclades is increasingly influenced by the Mycenaean civilization of mainland Greece.
c. 1025 BCE
Migrants from Ionia settle on Naxos.
700 BCE - 600 BCE
Temples are built in honour of Apollo, Demeter and Dionysos on the island of Naxos.
600 BCE - 300 BCE
Dionysos appears on the coins of Naxos, Mende and various other Greek city states.
c. 560 BCE
Naxos dedicates a large column and sphinx to the oracle of Apollo at Delphi.
c. 499 BCE
Naxos is attacked by Darius' Persian forces.
490 BCE
Naxos is attacked for a second time by Persian forces.
478 BCE
Many Cycladic states join the Athenian led Delian League as a defence against Persian agression.
c. 467 BCE
The island of Naxos rebels against Athenian dominance of the Delian League.
431 BCE - 404 BCE
The Cycladic city states side with Athens in the Peloponnesian war against Sparta and her allies.
377 BCE - 355 BCE
The Cycladic city states join Athens in the Second Athenian League against Sparta .
166 BCE
Rome gives dominion over the Cyclades to Athens.
41 BCE
Rome takes control over Naxos in the Cyclades.

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