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Battle of Crannon
Battle of Crannon was a battle fought in August 322 BC at Cranon, in what is now Greece. It was part of the Lamian War, which ran from 323 BC to 322 BC. The recorded result: Macedonian victory.
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Where it sits in the Lamian War
Record
| Date | August 322 BC (month precision) | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Cranon, Greece 39.517N, 22.350E | |
| Kind | Battle, ancient | |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Callinicus 171 BC, 14 km NE
- Battle of Larissa 1083, 14 km NE
- Siege of Larissa AD 977, 15 km N
- Battle of Cynoscephalae 197 BC, 22 km SE
- Battle of Pharsalus 48 BC, 24 km S
In the same war
- Before: Battle of the Echinades 322 BC
- All 5 engagements of Lamian War
Elsewhere in 322 BC
- Siege of Lamia Greece
Battle of Crannon is one of 137 engagements of the 4th century BC in the atlas and one of 493 in present-day Greece.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1429804, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Crannon, revision 1370437779, 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.