city was destroyed and Eretria lost her lands in Boeotia and her Aegean dependencies. Neither Eretria nor Chalcis ever again counted for much in Greek politics. As a result of this defeat, Eretria turned to colonisation. It planted colonies in the northern Aegean, on the coast of Macedon, in Italy, and in Sicily.

It became an important city in the 6th/5th century BC mentioned by many famous writers and actively