Koinon
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Koinon meaning "common" and interpreted as "commonwealth", "league" or "federation" were a number of associations of cities in ancient and early modern Greek history. The various federations termed Koinon were:
- Ionian LeagueIonian LeagueThe Ionian League , also called the Panionic League, was a confederation formed at the end of the Meliac War in the mid-7th century BC comprising twelve Ionian cities .These were listed by Herodotus as*Miletus, Myus, and...
(Koinon Ionon), formed in the 7th century BC. - Koinon of the AeinautaeAeinautaeAeinautae or Aeinautai were magistrates at Miletus around 600 BC, consisting of the chief men in the state, who obtained the supreme power on the deposition of the tyrants, Thoas and Damasenor...
, recorded on an inscription which was found in EretriaEretriaErétria was a polis in Ancient Greece, located on the western coast of the island of Euboea, south of Chalcis, facing the coast of Attica across the narrow Euboean Gulf. Eretria was an important Greek polis in the 6th/5th century BC. However, it lost its importance already in antiquity...
, island EuboeaEuboeaEuboea is the second largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete. The narrow Euripus Strait separates it from Boeotia in mainland Greece. In general outline it is a long and narrow, seahorse-shaped island; it is about long, and varies in breadth from to...
. dated to the 5h century BC. - Chalcidian League (Koinon Chalkideon), existing ca. 430 BC to 348 BC
- Epirote LeagueEpirote LeagueThe Epirote League was an ancient Greek coalition of Epirote communities.-History:...
(Koinon Epiroton), existing from ca. 320 BC to ca. 170 BC - Koinon of Crete under the Roman Empire to the time of Antoninus Pius.
- Koinon of MacedoniansKoinon of MacedoniansThe Koinon of the Macedonians was a commonwealth institution or a confederation of all Macedonian communities united around the king, resembling earliest Greek koina. Epigraphic evidence ranges from the 3rd century BC to the Roman period....
existing from 3rd century to Roman period. - Lycian League, founded in 168 BC
- Koinon of Free LaconiansKoinon of Free LaconiansThe Koinon of Free Laconians was established in 21 BC by the Emperor Augustus, giving formal structure to a group of cities that had been associated for almost two centuries.-History:...
, a league of cities in Laconia established by Roman emperor Augustus in 21 BC. - Koinon of the ZagorisiansKoinon of the ZagorisiansThe Koinon of the Zagorisians , alternatively Commons of the Zagorisians, League of the Zagorisians, League of Zagori, or Nohaye Zagor in Turkish, was an autonomous region of the Ottoman Empire....
under the Ottoman Empire, 1670–1868.