siege, medieval

Siege of Patras

Name: Siege of Patras
Location: Patras, Greece

Siege of Patras was a siege conducted in AD 805 at Patras, in what is now Greece. The recorded result: Byzantine victory.

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FoughtAD 805

WherePatras, Greece38.250N, 21.733E

OutcomeByzantine victory

BelligerentsByzantine inhabitants of PatrasagainstSlavs of the Peloponnese; Saracen fleet (uncertain)

Record

Date	AD 805 (year precision)
Place	Patras, Greece 38.250N, 21.733E
Kind	Siege, medieval

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 Patras 1821, same recorded site
Siege of Patras 1429, same recorded site
Siege of Patras 1205, same recorded site
Siege of Patras 1687, same recorded site
Siege of Patras 1338, same recorded site

Contested ground: this site was fought over 7 times between AD 805 and 1822.

Siege of Patras is one of 169 engagements of the 9th century in the atlas and one of 493 in present-day Greece.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q13842749, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Patras (805 or 807), revision 1370744334, 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.