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The Battle of the Echinades was one of the naval battles of the Lamian War (323–322 BC), fought between the Macedonian navy under Cleitus the White and the Athenian navy.

The Battle of the Echinades was one of the naval battles of the Lamian War (323–322 BC), fought between the Macedonian navy under Cleitus the White and the Athenian navy.

Historical Significance

The Battle of the Echinades was one of the naval battles of the Lamian War (323–322 BC), fought between the Macedonian navy under Cleitus the White and the Athenian navy.

Events Before

  1. Roman Emperor Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross

    Constantine I (27 February 272 – 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, or known mononymously as Constantine, was Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to convert to...

  2. Start of Imperial Indiction

    Start of Imperial Indiction

  3. Start of Roman (Pontifical) Indiction

    Start of Roman (Pontifical) Indiction

  4. Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule

    The history of the Jews in the Roman Empire traces the interaction of Jews and Romans during the period of the Roman Empire (27 BC – 476 AD).

  5. St Silvester I begins his reign as Catholic Pope

    St Silvester I begins his reign as Catholic Pope

Events After

  1. Battle of Adrianople: Roman Emperor Constantine I defeats his co-emperor Licinius, who flees to Byzantium

    Valerius Licinianus Licinius was Roman emperor from 308 to 324. For most of his reign, he was the colleague and rival of Constantine I, with whom he co-authored the Edict of Milan that granted...

  2. Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor.

    Martinian (Latin: Martinianus; died 325) was Roman emperor from July to September 324.

  3. Old St. Peter's Basilica consecrated in Rome (stood 4th - 16th century), later replaced by current Basilica

    Old St. Peter's Basilica consecrated in Rome (stood 4th - 16th century), later replaced by current Basilica

  4. Athanasius is elected Patriarch bishop of Alexandria

    Athanasius I of Alexandria (296–298 – 2 May 373), also called Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the Confessor, or, among Coptic Christians, Athanasius the Apostolic, was a Christian theologian and the...

  5. Newly built city of Constantinople (Byzantium) dedicated to Emperor Constantine the Great, becomes the capital of the Ea

    Newly built city of Constantinople (Byzantium) dedicated to Emperor Constantine the Great, becomes the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire

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The Battle of the Echinades was one of the naval battles of the Lamian War (323–322 BC), fought between the Macedonian navy under Cleitus the White and the Athenian navy.
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The Battle of the Echinades was one of the naval battles of the Lamian War (323–322 BC), fought between the Macedonian navy under Cleitus the White and the Athenian navy.

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