siege, medieval

Siege of Salmeniko

Name: Siege of Salmeniko
Location: Salmeniko Castle, Greece

Siege of Salmeniko was a siege conducted in 1460 at Salmeniko Castle, in what is now Greece; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Salmeniko Castle. It was part of the Ottoman conquest of the Morea, which ran from 1458 to 1460. The recorded result: Ottoman victory.

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Fought1460ran into the following year

WhereSalmeniko Castle, Greece38.233N, 21.926E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeOttoman victory

BelligerentsOttoman EmpireagainstByzantine Empire; Republic of Venice

Casualties and lossesUnknownand6,000 prisoners

Part ofOttoman conquest of the Morea1458 to 1460

Where it sits in the Ottoman conquest of the Morea

6 placed engagements of the Ottoman conquest of the Morea in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1460 (year precision) to 1461
Place	Salmeniko Castle, Greece 38.233N, 21.926E
Kind	Siege, medieval
Casualties and losses	Unknown	6,000 prisoners
Commanders	Mehmed II Mahmud Pasha Angelović Zagan Pasha Hamza Zenevisi	Graitzas Palaiologos

Placed at Salmeniko Castle; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Kavkaria 1827, 11 km S
Battle of Rhium 429 BC, 17 km NW
Siege of Patras 1821, 17 km W
Siege of Patras AD 805, 17 km W
Siege of Patras 1429, 17 km W

In the same war

Before: Siege of Kastritza 1460
All 6 engagements of Ottoman conquest of the Morea

Elsewhere in 1460

Battle of Wakefield United Kingdom
Battle of Northampton United Kingdom
Siege of Trebizond in 1461 Turkey
Battle of Worksop United Kingdom
Capture of Roxburgh United Kingdom

Siege of Salmeniko is one of 720 engagements of the 15th century in the atlas and one of 493 in present-day Greece.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q137731589, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Salmeniko, revision 1370744936, 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.