Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Brasidas

5th century BC Spartan general, 501 BC to 422 BC

Brasidas is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 429 BC and 422 BC: 2 battles and 2 naval actions, all in present-day Greece. Taken in date order, the sites lie 670 km apart end to end, 223 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Peloponnesian War (3).

Battle of NaupactusBattle of PylosBattle of MegaraBattle of AmphipolisBattle of NaupactusBattle of PylosBattle of MegaraBattle of AmphipolisThessalonikiİzmirPatraBalıkesirManisaLecceLarissaTekirdağBrindisiÇanakkale200 km38.870N, 22.774E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

429 BC: 1 engagements1 in 429 BC425 BC: 1 engagements1 in 425 BC424 BC: 1 engagements1 in 424 BC422 BC: 1 engagements1 in 422 BC429 BC422 BC
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Naupactus, 429 BCBattle of Pylos, 425 BCBattle of Megara, 424 BCBattle of Amphipolis, 422 BC429 BC422 BC
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
429 BCBattle of NaupactusNafpaktos, GreeceAthenian victory
425 BCBattle of PylosPylos, Greece164 km SAthenian victory
424 BCBattle of MegaraGreece188 km NESpartan victory
422 BCBattle of AmphipolisAmphipolis, Greece318 km NSpartan victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.