battle, notable, nineteenth century

Battle of Alamana

Battle of Alamana was a battle fought on 5 May 1821 at Thermopylae, in what is now Greece. It was part of the Greek War of Independence, which ran from 1821 to 1829. The recorded result: Ottoman victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against Unknown.

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Αθανάσιος Διάκος, «ο Διάκος οδηγεί τους Δερβενοχωρίτας εις την μάχην». Peter von Hess, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date	5 May 1821
Place	Thermopylae, Greece 38.853N, 22.459E
Part of	Greek War of Independence (1821 to 1829)
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Result	Ottoman victory
Belligerents	23px\|border Greek revolutionaries; border\|23px Diakos' contingent	Ottoman Empire
Commanders	border\|23px Athanasios Diakos; 23px\|border Dimitrios Panourgias; 23px\|border Ioannis Dyovouniotis	Omer Vrioni
Strength	Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses	200	150

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Lamia 322 BC, 5.4 km
First Battle of Lamia 209 BC, 5.6 km
Second Battle of Lamia 209 BC, 5.6 km
Battle of Thermopylae 191 BC, 8.8 km
Siege of Mpeki 1821, 8.9 km

In the same war

Before: Siege of the Acropolis 25 April 1821
After: Battle of Gravia Inn 8 May 1821
All 47 engagements of Greek War of Independence

Elsewhere in 1821

Battle of Alamana is one of 2,483 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 274 in present-day Greece.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2570192, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Alamana, revision 1370431401, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.