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Battle of Megara (1359), the Glossary

The Battle of Megara occurred in 1359 between an alliance of the Christian states of southern Greece (the Despotate of the Morea, the Principality of Achaea, the Knights Hospitaller and the Republic of Venice), and of a Turkish raiding fleet.^[1]

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Aegean Sea

The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia.

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Anatolian beyliks

Anatolian beyliks (Anadolu beylikleri, Ottoman Turkish: Tavâif-i mülûk, Beylik) were small principalities (or petty kingdoms) in Anatolia governed by ''beys'', the first of which were founded at the end of the 11th century.

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Aragon

Aragon (Spanish and Aragón; Aragó) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon.

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Bailiff (France)

A bailiff (bailli) was the king's administrative representative during the ancien régime in northern France, where the bailiff was responsible for the application of justice and control of the administration and local finances in his bailiwick (baillage).

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Bailo of Negroponte

The bailo and captain of Negroponte was the representative of the Republic of Venice stationed at Chalcis (Negroponte) on the island of Euboea.

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Boeotia

Boeotia, sometimes Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia (Βοιωτία; modern:; ancient) is one of the regional units of Greece.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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Catalan Company

The Catalan Company or the Great Catalan Company (Gran Companyia Catalana; Exercitus francorum, Societas exercitus catalanorum, Societas cathalanorum, or Magna Societas Catalanorum) was a company of mercenaries led by Roger de Flor in the early 14th century and hired by the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos to combat the increasing power of the Anatolian beyliks. Battle of Megara (1359) and catalan Company are 14th century in Greece.

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Chronicle of the Morea

The Chronicle of the Morea (Τὸ χρονικὸν τοῦ Μορέως) is a long 14th-century history text, of which four versions are extant: in French, Greek (in verse), Italian and Aragonese.

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Crusades

The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period.

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Despotate of the Morea

The Despotate of the Morea (Δεσποτᾶτον τοῦ Μορέως) or Despotate of Mystras (Δεσποτᾶτον τοῦ Μυστρᾶ) was a province of the Byzantine Empire which existed between the mid-14th and mid-15th centuries. Battle of Megara (1359) and Despotate of the Morea are 14th century in Greece.

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Duchy of Athens

The Duchy of Athens (Greek: Δουκᾶτον Ἀθηνῶν, Doukaton Athinon; Catalan: Ducat d'Atenes) was one of the Crusader states set up in Greece after the conquest of the Byzantine Empire during the Fourth Crusade as part of the process known as Frankokratia, encompassing the regions of Attica and Boeotia, and surviving until its conquest by the Ottoman Empire in the 15th century.

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John VI Kantakouzenos

John VI Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzene (Ἰωάννης Ἄγγελος Παλαιολόγος Καντακουζηνός, Iōánnēs Ángelos Palaiológos Kantakouzēnós; Johannes Cantacuzenus; – 15 June 1383) was a Byzantine Greek nobleman, statesman, and general.

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Knights Hospitaller

The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller, is a Catholic military order.

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Kos

Kos or Cos (Κως) is a Greek island, which is part of the Dodecanese island chain in the southeastern Aegean Sea.

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Manuel Kantakouzenos

Manuel Kantakouzenos (or Cantacuzenus) (Greek: Μανουήλ Καντακουζηνός, Manouēl Kantakouzēnos), (c. 1326 – Mistra, Peloponnese, 10 April 1380) was the ''despotēs'' in the Despotate of Morea or the Peloponnese from 25 October 1349 to his death.

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Megara Gulf

The Megara Gulf is a gulf in the Aegean Sea. Battle of Megara (1359) and Megara Gulf are Megara.

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Megaris

Megaris (Μεγαρίς) was a small but populous state of ancient Greece, west of Attica and north of Corinthia, whose inhabitants were adventurous seafarers, credited with deceitful propensities.

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Preceptor

A preceptor (from Latin, "praecepto") is a teacher responsible for upholding a precept, meaning a certain law or tradition.

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Principality of Achaea

The Principality of Achaea or Principality of Morea was one of the vassal states of the Latin Empire, which replaced the Byzantine Empire after the capture of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.

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Republic of Venice

The Republic of Venice, traditionally known as La Serenissima, was a sovereign state and maritime republic with its capital in Venice.

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Rhodes

Rhodes (translit) is the largest of the Dodecanese islands of Greece and is their historical capital; it is the ninth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Signoria of Venice

The Signoria of Venice (Serenissima Signoria) was the supreme body of government of the Republic of Venice.

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Thebes, Greece

Thebes (Θήβα, Thíva; Θῆβαι, Thêbai.) is a city in Boeotia, Central Greece, and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Megara_(1359)

Battle of Megara (1359), the Glossary

Table of Contents

Aegean Sea

Anatolian beyliks

Aragon

Bailiff (France)

Bailo of Negroponte

Boeotia

Byzantine Empire

Catalan Company

Chronicle of the Morea

Crusades

Despotate of the Morea

Duchy of Athens

John VI Kantakouzenos

Knights Hospitaller

Kos

Manuel Kantakouzenos

Megara Gulf

Megaris

Preceptor

Principality of Achaea

Republic of Venice

Rhodes

Signoria of Venice

Thebes, Greece

See also

1359 in Europe

14th century in Greece

Battles involving the Despotate of the Morea

Battles involving the Principality of Achaea

Battles of the Crusades

Conflicts in 1359

Megara

Naval battles involving the Byzantine Empire

Naval battles involving the Knights Hospitaller

Naval battles involving the Republic of Venice

References