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There was however some discontent with the leadership and arrogance of Mecistes, and the perception that he had given up too easily and too quickly back on Tylossos. Chief of these malcontents was a man named Timasion, who became a fierce rival of Mecistes and a critic of all his positions. After a debate on the navy that descended into with personal attacks, Mecistes was set upon with knives on the street by Timasion's allies and killed. With the death of Mecistes, his isolationist faction fragmented and Timasion's militarist faction took over power until 732 BC. Under Timasion, Elateia became a significant naval power, always placing itself in the anti-Messisorian camp and lending the power of its fleet to those that opposed it such as the city of [[Athiva]] during the [[Pikralic War]]. The combined fleets of Elateia and Athiva under admiral Posides defeated a large Messisorian fleet during that conflict. | There was however some discontent with the leadership and arrogance of Mecistes, and the perception that he had given up too easily and too quickly back on Tylossos. Chief of these malcontents was a man named Timasion, who became a fierce rival of Mecistes and a critic of all his positions. After a debate on the navy that descended into with personal attacks, Mecistes was set upon with knives on the street by Timasion's allies and killed. With the death of Mecistes, his isolationist faction fragmented and Timasion's militarist faction took over power until 732 BC. Under Timasion, Elateia became a significant naval power, always placing itself in the anti-Messisorian camp and lending the power of its fleet to those that opposed it such as the city of [[Athiva]] during the [[Pikralic War]]. The combined fleets of Elateia and Athiva under admiral Posides defeated a large Messisorian fleet during that conflict. | ||
===Early Islam=== | ===Early Islam=== | ||
Elateia managed to maintain its independence from other istroyan states well into the 8th century. The unexpected arrival of a new threat from the east caught the leaders of the city flat footed. Crossing the [[Sea of Istroya]], [[Oduniyyad Caliphate|Oduniyyad]] invaders espousing a new faith bore down on the island. The Elateians mustered their fleet to see off the invasion of their shores without realizing the size of the enemy fleets. Winning an engagement against an Oduniyyad scouting force, the emboldened Elateian fleet sailed further east pursuing the survivors only to find themselves enveloped by the enemy. At the Battle of Katerion, the Elateian fleet was decisively smashed by the Oduniyyads. Of three hundred ships that had sailed only weeks before only fifteen escaped the disaster to limp back home with the news. | |||
====Patriarchate of Elateia==== | ====Patriarchate of Elateia==== | ||
====Emergence of Qustantism==== | ====Emergence of Qustantism==== | ||