Timeline of Gallipoli

The peninsula south of Istanbul, forming the north-western side of the Hellespont.

• Polymestor.........................................fl. mid 1200's
• Thracian Chersonesos An Athenian colony in the region, ruled as a semi-autonomous tyranny.
• Philaid
• Miltiades II....................................c. 550-520
• Stesagoras.........................................520-516
• Miltiades III Lakiades (Persian vassal from 513)...516-493  d. 489
• After his expulsion from Gallipoli, Miltiades returned to his native Athens and led the Athenian forces to victory at Marathon (490 BCE).
• To Persia..........................................493-480
• To Athens..........................................480-411
• To Sparta..........................................411-408
  • Within Spartan sphere of influence............408-377
• To the Second Athenian League......................377-340
• To Macedon.........................................340-323
• To Thrace..........................................323-273
• To the Seleucid Empire.............................273-272
• To Egypt...........................................272-213
• To the Seleucid Empire.............................213-c. 185
• To Pergamon.....................................c. 185-128
• To the Roman Republic..............................128-27
• To the Roman Empire.............................27 BCE-395 CE
• To the Byzantine Empire............................395-c. 1356
• To the Ottoman Empire..........................c. 1356-1915
• Occupied by Allied Forces....................Feb. 1915-Jan. 1916
• The Gallipoli Campaign, an attempt by the Allies in WWI to clear the Dardenalles and provide a secure supply route to Russia, was a disastrously inept loss of over 55,000 allied troops alone.
• To Turkey.........................................1916-