siege, ancient
Siege of Mantinea
Siege of Mantinea was a siege conducted in 385 BC at Mantineia, in what is now Greece. The recorded result: Lacedaemonian victory.
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Record
| Date | 385 BC (year precision) | |
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| Place | Mantineia, Greece 37.617N, 22.383E | |
| Kind | Siege, ancient | |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Mantinea 362 BC, 2.4 km SE
- Battle of Mantinea 418 BC, 2.4 km SE
- Battle of Mantinea 207 BC, 2.4 km SE
- Battle of the Trench 1821, 8.8 km SE
- Battle of Levidi 1821, 11 km NW
Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between 418 BC and 207 BC.
Siege of Mantinea 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 Q18401808, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Mantinea, revision 1370743255, 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.