Corcyra (modern Corfu and also known as Kerkyra) located in the Ionian sea is one of the northern most Greek islands and was an important polis or city-state in the Archaic and Classical periods. Possessing a significant naval fleet and controlling access to the Adriatic, the island was often fought over by larger city-states such as Corinth and Athens in the Classical Period and was a Roman naval base in the 1st century BCE.
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c. 733 BCETraditional date when Corinth founds a colony on Corcyra.
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660 BCECorcyra wins a naval battle against their founding city of Corinth.
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c. 580 BCEThe west pediment of the temple of Artemis in Corcyra depicts Medusa and Pegasus.
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490 BCE - 470 BCECorcyra does not participate in the Persian Wars.
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433 BCEA naval battle between the victorious combined forces of Corcyra and Athens against Corinth.
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433 BCEAlliance between Athens and Corcyra.
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427 BCECivil war on Corcyra between democratic and oligarchic factions.
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344 BCECorcyra contributes two ships to Timoleon's fleet which attacked Syracuse.
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229 BCECorcyra is captured by the Illyrians.
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148 BCECorcyra is made part of the Roman province of Macedonia.
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31 BCEOctavian uses Corcyra as a Roman naval base.
