Ancient Coin Stories

Oibotas of Dyme wins the stadion race at the Olympic games. He was not honored by the Achaians and thus the Achaians were cursed to not win at the Olympics for years.

Patrai is connected with its harbor by long walls.

Sparta and their allies, including Sikyon and Tegea, defeat Athens and their allies at the Battle of Nemea. On Athens side are Thebes, Lokris Opuntii, and Corinth. With Sparta are Halieis, Sikyon, Epidauros, Troizen, and Hermione. Phlious remains neutral. Pellene fights on the side of Sparta against Thespiai.

Bura destroyed by a massive earthquake. Every inhabitant dies and the only survivors are those who weren’t in the city at the time.

The Arcadians take Pellene and slaughter all of the Spartans residing there.

Sparta, Athens, Pellene, and Sikyon attempt to stop Thebes under Epaminondas by guarding the fort of Oneion near Corinth. Epaminondas gets around them and attacks Sikyon, Pellene, Epidauros, and unsuccessfully attempts to take Corinth.

Kassander driven out of Dyme by a general of Antigonos Monophthalmos.

Aristodemos, a general of Antigonos Monophthalmos, frees Patrai from its garrison of Kassander.

Demetrios Poliorketes seizes Epidauros, Sikyon, Corinth, Bura, Argos, and Orchomenos.

Patrai and Dyme found the Achaian League.

he Achaean League is revived, with Aegira, Heraia, Patrai, and Dyme active members.

The inhabitants of Bura assassinate their tyrant and join the Achaian League.

The tyrant Iseas of Aegira is overthrown by Aratus of Sikyon, a key leader of the Achaean League, who frees the city from local tyranny.

The Aetolian League invades the Peloponnese and takes Pellene.

The Spartans under King Kleomenes III defeat the Achaian League under Aratos of Sikyon (and including Argos and Megalopolis) in the Battle of Dyme.

Kleomenes of Sparta takes Pellene and Pheneos.

Sparta returns Pellene to Achaia after an intervention by Macedon.

The Social War begins, pitting members of the Achaian League, including Aegira, Patrai, Dyme, Bura, Sikyon, Corinth, Megalopolis, Messenia, Argos, Elis, and Macedon, against Sparta under King Kleomenes III, who were supported by the Aetolian League and Athens.

The Aetolians defeat the Achaian League under Aratos of Sikyon near Kaphyai.

The Roman general Sulpicius sacks Dyme and sells its population as slaves.

During the Second Macedonian War between Rome and Philip V of Macedon, Aegira, the Aetolian League, Corinth, Sikyon, Patrai, Athens, Pergamon, and Rhodes support Rome.

The Achaian League is defeated by Rome at the Battle of Skarpheia. Corinth is destroyed and Dyme, Patrai, Sikyon, Bura, Megalopolis, Thebes, Pellene, and Aegira come under the control of Rome.

The Roman proconsul Q. Fabious Maximus quells an uprising in Dyme against Roman rule.

Pompey the Great is assigned with reducing piracy in Cilicia and successfully does so, liberating Aigai, Soloi, Mallos, Side, and Tarsos from their yoke. Many of the pirates are resettled in Dyme.

Julius Caesar refounds Corinth as a Roman colony, Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis. Dyme is also refounded as a colony.