battle, ancient

Battle of Gythium

Name: Battle of Gythium
Location: Gytheio, Greece

Battle of Gythium was a battle fought in 195 BC at Gytheio, in what is now Greece. It was part of the War against Nabis. The recorded result: Allied Victory.

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Fought195 BC

WhereGytheio, Greece36.762N, 22.566E

OutcomeAllied Victory

BelligerentsRoman Republic; Achaean League; Rhodes; Pergamum; MacedonagainstSparta

Part ofWar against Nabis

Record

Date	195 BC (year precision)
Place	Gytheio, Greece 36.762N, 22.566E
Kind	Battle, ancient
Strength	About 50,000 men
Commanders	Titus Quinctius Flamininus Eumenes II	Dexagoridas Gorgopas (2nd century BC)

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

Nearest engagements

Battle of Vromopigada 1770, 12 km SW
Siege of Kastania 1780, 17 km NW
Siege of Sparta 272 BC, 38 km N
Siege of Monemvasia 1821, 44 km E
Battle of Selasia 195 BC, 47 km N

In the same war

After: Battle of Selasia 195 BC

Elsewhere in 195 BC

Battle of Gythium is one of 91 engagements of the 2nd century BC in the atlas and one of 493 in present-day Greece.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3774767, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Gythium, revision 1370741699, 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.