city state · Greece and the Aegean
Andros
Origins
Andros, just south-east of Euboea, was settled by Ionian Greeks in the early Iron Age. The fortified Geometric town of Zagora flourished in the 8th century BCE. Andros was long linked with Eretria, and c. 655 BCE Andrians founded colonies in the Chalcidice, including Acanthus, Stagira and Argilus.
Rule and society
The island lived from farming, wine and seafaring. It sent ships to Xerxes in 480 BCE; when Themistocles demanded money, the Andrians replied that their gods were Poverty and Helplessness. Andros later paid tribute in the Delian League, and Athens planted a colony there c. 450 BCE. The marble Hermes of Andros shows its later prosperity.
Decline and legacy
Under Hellenistic kings Andros changed hands often. Rome captured it in 199 BCE and handed it to Attalus I of the Kingdom of Pergamon, and it passed to direct Roman control after 133 BCE.
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- Andros was part of Delian League478 BCE – 404 BCE
- Andros was part of Nesiotic League314 BCE – 167 BCE
- Andros was part of Kingdom of Pergamon200 BCE – 133 BCE
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