Notable Battles

Question 1

Battles of Salamis and Mycale

Answer 1

479

End of Persian War

Question 2

Battle of the Eurymedon

Answer 2

466 (end of Persian War)
The Battle of the Eurymedon was a double battle, taking place both on water and land, between the Delian League of Athens and her Allies, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes

Question 3

Battle of Tanagra

Answer 3

457

The Battle of Tanagra took place in 457 BC between Athens and Sparta during the First Peloponnesian War.

Question 4

Siege of Plataea

Answer 4

429

Spartan Siege of Plataea

Question 5

Battles of Pylos and Battle of Sphacteria

Answer 5

425
The Battle of Sphacteria was a land battle of the Peloponnesian War, fought in 425 BC between Athens and Sparta. Following the Battle of Pylos and subsequent peace negotiations, which failed, a number of Spartans were stranded on the island of Sphacteria. An Athenian force under Cleon and Demosthenes attacked and forced them to surrender.

Question 6

Battle of Delium

Answer 6

424
The Battle of Delium took place in 424 BC, during the Peloponnesian War. It was fought between the Athenians and the Boeotians, who were allies of the Spartans, and ended with the siege of Delium in the following weeks.

Question 7

Battle of Mantinea

Answer 7

418

Sparta regains power on Peloponnese

Question 8

Sack of Melos

Answer 8

416

Melian Dialogue

Question 9

Battle at Cyzicus

Answer 9

411

Athens V. Sparta (Athens Wins)

Question 10

Ephesus

Answer 10

409
Athenians defeated at Ephesus by Tissaphernes
407
-Athenians lose to PL at Notium (near Ephesus)

Question 11

Battle of Arginusae

Answer 11

406
In the battle, an Athenian fleet commanded by eight strategoi defeated a Spartan fleet under Callicratidas.
There was a storm
-trial of Athenian generals after Arginusae disaster

Question 12

Battle of Aegospotami

Answer 12

405
(Spartans watch for 4 days, Alcibiades tells them to go to Sestos)
The naval Battle of Aegospotami took place in 405 BC and was the last major battle of the Peloponnesian War. In the battle, a Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian navy.

Question 13

Battle of the Meander

Answer 13

395

Question 14

Battle of Nemea

Answer 14

394
a battle in the Corinthian War, between Sparta and the allied cities of Argos, Athens, Corinth, and Thebes. The battle was fought in Corinthian territory, at the dry bed of the Nemea River. The battle was a decisive Spartan victory

Question 15

Battle of Coronea

Answer 15

394
was a battle in the Corinthian War, in which the Spartans and their allies under King Agesilaus II defeated a force of Thebans and Argives that was attempting to block their march back into the Peloponnese.

Question 16

battles at Corinth

Answer 16

390

Question 17

Naxos

Answer 17

376

SAL defeats Sparta at Naxos

Question 18

Alyzeia

Answer 18

375

SAL defeats Sparta at

Question 19

Battle of Leuctra

Answer 19

371 BC
between the Boeotians led by the Thebans, and the Spartans along with their allies amidst the post-Corinthian War conflict. The battle took place in the neighbourhood of Leuctra, a village in Boeotia in the territory of Thespiae. The Theban victory shattered Sparta’s immense influence over the Greek peninsula, which Sparta had gained after its victory in the Peloponnesian War.

Question 20

Battle of Mantineia

Answer 20

362
362 BC between the Thebans, led by Epaminondas and supported by the Arcadians and the Boeotian league against the Spartans, led by King Agesilaus II and supported by the Eleans, Athenians, and Mantineans. The battle was to determine which of the two alliances would have hegemony over Greece.

Question 21

Battle of Chaeronea

Answer 21

338 BC
near the city of Chaeronea in Boeotia, between the Macedonians led by Philip II of Macedon and an alliance of some of city-states led by Athens and Thebes. The battle was the culmination of Philip’s campaign in Greece and resulted in a decisive victory for the Macedonians.