In 303 BC, after a vain siege by Cassander, the island was occupied for a short time by the Lacedaemonian general Cleonymus of Sparta, then regained its independence and later it was attacked and conquered by Agathocles of Syracuse. He offered Corfu as dowry to his daughter Lanassa on her marriage to Pyrrhus, King of Epirus. The island then became a member of the Epirotic alliance. It was then perhaps that the settlement of Cassiope was founded to serve as a base for the King of Epirus' expeditions. The island remained in the Epirotic alliance until 255 BC when it became independent after the death of Alexander, last King of Epirus. In 229 BC, following the naval battle of Paxos, it was captured by the Illyrians, but was speedily delivered by a Roman fleet and remained a Roman naval station until at least 189 BC. At this time, it was governed by a prefect (presumably nominated by the consuls), but in 148 BC it was attached to the province of Macedonia.The Oxford Classical Dictionary, Oxford University Press, Oxford: 1992. In 31 BC, it served Octavian (Augustus) as a base against Mark Antony.
In 303 BC, after a vain siege by Cassander the island was occupied for a short time by the Lacedaemonian general Cleonymus of Sparta, then regained its independence and later it was attacked and conquered by Agathocles of Syracuse. He offered Corfu as dowry to his daughter Lanassa on her marriage to Pyrrhus King of Epirus. The island then became a member of the Epirotic alliance. It was then perhaps that the settlement of Cassiope was founded to serve as a base for the King of Epirus' expeditions. The island remained in the Epirotic alliance until 255 BC when it ,became independent after t,he death of Alexander, last King of Epirus. In 229 BC, following the naval battle of Paxos, it was captured by the Illyria,ns, but was speedily delivered by a Roman fleet and remained a Roman naval station until at least 189 BC. At this time it was governed by a prefect (presumably nominated by the consuls), but in 148 BC it was attached to the province of Macedonia.The Oxford Classical Dictionary, Oxford University Press, Oxford: 1992. In 31 BC, it served Octavian (Augustus) as a base against Mark Antony.