country, 274 engagements

Battles in Greece

274 engagements in the atlas lie within present-day Greece: 154 battles, 88 sieges and 32 naval actions between 498 BC and 1949. The wars with most engagements here: Greek War of Independence (45), Peloponnesian War (13), First Balkan War (10), Morean War (9).

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274 placed engagements. Present-day coastlines; larger marks are landmark engagements.

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	War
498 BC	Siege of Naxos	Naxos Island	Greco-Persian Wars
489 BC	Siege of Eretria	Eretria	Greco-Persian Wars
489 BC	Siege of Lindos	Lindos	Greco-Persian Wars
12 September 489 BC	Battle of Marathon	Marathon	First Persian invasion of Greece
479 BC	Battle of Artemisium	Q1728291	Second Persian invasion of Greece
July 479 BC	Battle of Thermopylae	Thermopylae	Second Persian invasion of Greece
29 September 479 BC	Battle of Salamis	Salamis Island	Second Persian invasion of Greece
478 BC	Siege of Potidaea	Potidaea	Second Persian invasion of Greece
27 August 478 BC	Battle of Plataea	Plataea	Second Persian invasion of Greece
456 BC	Battle of Tanagra	ancient Tanagra
456 BC	Battle of Oenophyta	Oinofyta	First Peloponnesian War
446 BC	Battle of Coronea	Koroneia	First Peloponnesian War
431 BC	Battle of Potidaea	Potidaea	Peloponnesian War
430 BC	Battle of Plataea	Plataea	Peloponnesian War
428 BC	Battle of Naupactus	Nafpaktos	Peloponnesian War
428 BC	Battle of Spartolos	Chalkidiki	Peloponnesian War
428 BC	Battle of Rhium	Gulf of Patras	Peloponnesian War
428 BC	Siege of Plataea	Plataea	Peloponnesian War
425 BC	Battle of Olpae	Olpae	Archidamian War
424 BC	Battle of Sphacteria	Sphacteria	Peloponnesian War
424 BC	Battle of Pylos	Pylos	Peloponnesian War
423 BC	Battle of Delium	Delium	Peloponnesian War
421 BC	Battle of Amphipolis	Amphipolis	Archidamian War
417 BC	Battle of Mantinea	Mantineia	Peloponnesian War
414 BC	Battle of Melos	Milos	Peloponnesian War
407 BC	Siege of Andros	Andros	Peloponnesian War
403 BC	Battle of Munichia	Munichia	Phyle Campaign
403 BC	Siege of Athens	Athens	Peloponnesian War
394 BC	Battle of Haliartus	Haliartos	Corinthian War
393 BC	Battle of Coronea	Koroneia	Corinthian War
393 BC	Battle of Nemea	Nemea	Corinthian War
390 BC	Battle of Lechaeum	Corinth	Corinthian War
384 BC	Siege of Mantinea	Mantineia
384 BC	Siege of Phlius	Phlius
September 375 BC	Battle of Naxos	Naxos Island	Boeotian War
374 BC	Battle of Tegyra	Tegyra	Boeotian War
6 July 370 BC	Battle of Leuctra	Leuctra	Boeotian War
363 BC	Battle of Cynoscephalae	Thessaly	Boeotian War
4 July 361 BC	Battle of Mantinea	Mantineia	Theban hegemony
347 BC	Siege of Olynthus	Olynthus	Third Sacred War
August 337 BC	Battle of Chaeronea	Chaeronea	Fourth Sacred War
334 BC	Battle of Thebes	Thebes	Alexander's Balkan campaign
330 BC	Battle of Megalopolis	Megalopolis	War of Agis
322 BC	Battle of Thermopylae	Thermopylae	Lamian War
321 BC	Battle of Amorgos	Amorgos	Lamian War
321 BC	Battle of the Echinades	Malian Gulf	Lamian War
321 BC	Siege of Lamia	Lamia
August 321 BC	Battle of Crannon	Cranon	Lamian War
316 BC	Siege of Megalopolis	Megalopolis	Second War of the Diadochi
304 BC	Siege of Rhodes	Rhodes	Fourth War of the Diadochi
291 BC	Siege of Thebes	Thebes	Demetrius I's struggle for the Macedonian throne
286 BC	Siege of Athens	Athens	Demetrius I's struggle for the Macedonian throne
278 BC	Battle of Thermopylae 279 BCE	Thermopylae	Gallic invasion of Greece
271 BC	Siege of Sparta	Sparta	Pyrrhus' invasion of the Peloponnese
271 BC	Battle of Argos	Argos	Pyrrhus' invasion of the Peloponnese
254 BC	Battle of Cos	Kos	Chremonidean War
June 230 BC	Siege of Medion	Medion	Demetrius War
226 BC	Battle of Mount Lycaeum	Mount Lykaion	Cleomenean War
216 BC	Battle of Leontion	Leontio	Social War of 220-217 BCE
208 BC	First Battle of Lamia	Lamia	First Macedonian War
208 BC	Second Battle of Lamia	Lamia	First Macedonian War
206 BC	Battle of Mantinea	Mantineia	First Macedonian War
197 BC	Siege of Elateia	Elateia
197 BC	Siege of Eretria	Eretria
196 BC	Battle of Cynoscephalae	Thessaly	Second Macedonian War
196 BC	Battle of Corinth
194 BC	Battle of Gythium	Gytheio	War against Nabis
194 BC	Battle of Selasia	Sellasia	War against Nabis
190 BC	Battle of Thermopylae	Thermopylae	Roman–Seleucid War
170 BC	Battle of Callinicus	Larissa	Third Macedonian War
22 June 167 BC	Battle of Pydna	Pydna	Third Macedonian War
147 BC	Battle of Pydna	Pydna	Fourth Macedonian War
145 BC	Battle of Corinth	Isthmus of Corinth	Achaean War
145 BC	Battle of Scarpheia	Scarphe	Achaean War
87 BC	Siege of Rhodes	Rhodes	First Mithridatic War
86 BC	Battle of Chaeronea	Chaeronea	First Mithridatic War
September 86 BC	Siege of Athens	Athens	First Mithridatic War
85 BC	Battle of Chaeronea	Chaeronea	First Mithridatic War
85 BC	Battle of Orchomenus	Orchomenus	First Mithridatic War
47 BC	Siege of Gomphi	Gomphi	Caesar's invasion of Macedonia
6 June 47 BC	Battle of Pharsalus	Farsala	Caesar's Civil War
3 October 41 BC	Battle of Philippi	Philippi	Liberators' Civil War
2 September 30 BC	Battle of Actium	Ionian Sea	Final War of the Roman Republic
AD 254	Battle of Thermopylae (254)	Thermopylae	Gothic Wars
AD 254	Siege of Thessalonica	Thessaloniki	Germanic Wars
AD 380	Battle of Thessalonica	Thessaloniki	Gothic War of 376–382
AD 473	Siege of Philippi	Philippi	Gothic Wars
AD 597	Siege of Thessalonica	Thessaloniki	Avar–Byzantine Wars
26 October AD 604	Siege of Thessalonica	Thessaloniki	Avar–Byzantine Wars
AD 614	Siege of Thessalonica	Thessaloniki	Slavic invasion of the Balkans
AD 617	Siege of Thessalonica	Thessaloniki	Avar–Byzantine Wars
AD 676	Siege of Thessalonica	Thessaloniki	Slavic invasion of the Balkans
AD 685	Siege of Thessalonica	Thessaloniki
AD 805	Siege of Patras	Patras
the AD 880s	Siege of Euripos	Chalkída	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 904	Sack of Thessalonica	Thessaloniki	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 960	Siege of Chandax	Heraklion	Q943562
AD 977	Siege of Larissa	Larissa
about 1000	Battle of Thessalonica	Thessaloniki	Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria
1014	Battle of Thessalonica	Thessaloniki	Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
1017	Battle of Setina	Skopos	Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
1040	Battle of Thessalonica	Thessaloniki	Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
1040	Battle of Thessalonica	Thessaloniki	Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
1041	Battle of Ostrovo	Lake Vegoritida	Uprising of Peter Delyan
June 1083	Battle of Larissa	Larissa	Byzantine–Norman Wars
1185	Sack of Thessalonica	Thessaloniki	Byzantine–Norman Wars
7 November 1185	Battle of Demetritzes	Sidirokastro	Byzantine–Norman Wars
1205	Siege of Patras	Patras	Byzantine–Latin wars
May 1205	Battle of Serres	Serres	Bulgarian–Latin Wars
August 1259	Battle of Pelagonia	Pelagonia	Nicaean–Latin wars
1263	Battle of Settepozzi	Spetses	War of Saint Sabas
1263	Battle of Makryplagi	Messenia Prefecture	Achaean–Byzantine War
1263	Battle of Prinitza	Elis Regional Unit	Achaean–Byzantine War
the 1270s	Battle of Demetrias	Volos	Byzantine–Latin wars
15 March 1311	Battle of Halmyros	Almyros
1315	Battle of Glarentza	Glarentza	Conquest of the Principality of Achaia
1316	Siege of Chalandritsa	Chalandritsa	Conquest of the Principality of Achaia
22 February 1316	Battle of Picotin	Elis	Conquest of the Principality of Achaia
5 July 1316	Battle of Manolada	Manolada	Conquest of the Principality of Achaia
1338	Siege of Patras	Patras
May 1344	Battle of Stephaniana	Thessalonica	Byzantine Civil War of 1341–1347
7 July 1345	Battle of Peritheorion	Xanthi	Byzantine Civil War of 1341–1347
15 August 1351	Siege of Oreoi	Q1227681	Venetian–Genoese Wars
4 November 1354	Battle of Sapienza	Sapientza	Venetian–Genoese Wars
26 September 1371	Battle of Maritsa	Ormenio	Serbian–Ottoman Wars
1383	Siege of Thessalonica	Thessaloniki	Byzantine–Ottoman wars
May 1422	Siege of Thessalonica	Thessaloniki	Ottoman–Venetian War of 1423–1430
1427	Battle of the Echinades	Echinades	Byzantine–Latin wars
February 1429	Siege of Patras	Patras	Byzantine–Latin wars
18 September 1444	Siege of Rhodes	Rhodes
27 November 1446	Siege of the Hexamilion Wall	Hexamilion wall	Ottoman conquest of the Morea
15 May 1458	Siege of Corinth	Corinth	Ottoman conquest of the Morea
1460	Siege of Gardiki-Arcadia	Gardiki Castle, Arcadia	Ottoman conquest of the Morea
3 September 1463	Siege of Corinth	Corinth	First Ottoman–Venetian War
1 April 1464	Siege of Mytilene	Mytilene	First Ottoman–Venetian War
10 July 1470	Siege of Negroponte	Chalkída	First Ottoman–Venetian War
1480	Siege of Rhodes	Rhodes	Ottoman Wars in Europe
25 August 1499	Battle of Zonchio	Pylos	Second Ottoman–Venetian War
24 July 1500	Battle of Modon	Methoni	Second Ottoman–Venetian War
8 November 1500	Siege of the Castle of Saint George	Fortress St. George	Second Ottoman–Venetian War
26 June 1522	Siege of Rhodes	Rhodes	Ottoman Wars in Europe
March 1534	Siege of Coron (1533–1534)	Koroni	Ottoman–Spanish War
July 1537	Siege of Corfu	Corfu	Third Ottoman–Venetian War
28 September 1538	Battle of Preveza	Preveza	Third Ottoman–Venetian War
7 October 1571	Battle of Lepanto	Gulf of Corinth	Ottoman–Spanish War
29 April 1616	Action of 29 April 1616	Euboea
28 September 1644	Action of 28 September 1644	Rhodes
27 June 1645	Siege of Chania	Chania	Cretan War of 1645-1669
1 May 1648	Siege of Candia	Heraklion	Cretan War of 1645-1669
10 September 1657	Siege of Lemnos	Lemnos	Cretan War of 1645-1669
27 August 1661	Action of 27 August 1661	Milos	Cretan War of 1645-1669
27 November 1665	Battle of Porto Delphino	Chios	Cretan War of 1645-1669
21 July 1684	Siege of Santa Maura	Lefkada	Morean War
25 June 1685	Siege of Coron (1685)	Koroni	Morean War
14 September 1685	Battle of Kalamata	Kalamata	Morean War
1686	Siege of Coron (1686)	Koroni	Morean War
10 July 1687	Siege of Patras	Patras	Morean War
23 September 1687	Siege of the Acropolis	Acropolis of Athens	Morean War
13 July 1688	Siege of Negroponte	Chalkída	Morean War
17 July 1692	Siege of Chania	Chania	Morean War
9 February 1695	Battle of the Oinousses Islands	Oinousses	Morean War
14 January 1715	Siege of Souda	Souda	Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War
8 July 1716	Siege of Corfu	Corfu	Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War
1770	Battle of Vromopigada	Parasyros	Ottoman invasion of Mani
1780	Siege of Kastania	Kastania
18 May 1790	Battle of Andros	Andros	Seventh Russo-Turkish War
17 June 1794	Battle of Mykonos	Mykonos	French Revolutionary Wars
23 October 1798	Battle of Nicopolis	Nicopolis	War of the Second Coalition
4 November 1798	Siege of Corfu	Corfu	War of the Second Coalition
19 June 1807	Battle of Athos		Eighth Russo-Turkish War
March 1810	Siege of Santa Maura	Lefkada
March 1821	Siege of Mendenítsa	Mendenitsa	Greek War of Independence
15 March 1821	Siege of Monemvasia	Monemvasia	Greek War of Independence
22 March 1821	Battle of Kalamata	Kalamata	Greek War of Independence
25 March 1821	Siege of Neokastro	Pylos	Greek War of Independence
30 March 1821	Siege of Livadia	Livadeia	Greek War of Independence
31 March 1821	Siege of Atalanti	Atalanti	Greek War of Independence
4 April 1821	Siege of Patras	Patras	Greek War of Independence
14 April 1821	Battle of Levidi	Levidi	Greek War of Independence
14 April 1821	Siege of Mpeki	Stavros	Greek War of Independence
25 April 1821	Siege of the Acropolis	Acropolis of Athens	Greek War of Independence
5 May 1821	Battle of Alamana	Thermopylae	Greek War of Independence
8 May 1821	Battle of Gravia Inn	Gravia	Greek War of Independence
12 May 1821	Battle of Valtetsi	Valtetsi	Greek War of Independence
18 May 1821	Battle of Doliana	Ano Doliana	Greek War of Independence
9 June 1821	Battle of Lalas		Greek War of Independence
20 June 1821	Battle of Thessalonica	Thessaloniki	Greek War of Independence
15 July 1821	Battle of Kavofonias	Samos	Greek War of Independence
10 August 1821	Battle of the Trench	Tripoli	Greek War of Independence
25 August 1821	Battle of Vasilika		Greek War of Independence
23 September 1821	Siege of Tripolitsa	Tripoli	Greek War of Independence
1822	Battle of Nauplia	Argolic Gulf	Greek War of Independence
1822	Siege of Patras	Patras	Greek War of Independence
18 June 1822	Burning of the Ottoman flagship off Chios		Greek War of Independence
4 July 1822	Battle of Peta	Arta	Greek War of Independence
25 October 1822	First Siege of Missolonghi	Missolonghi	Greek War of Independence
8 August 1823	Battle of Karpenisi	Karpenisi	Greek War of Independence
20 September 1823	Second Siege of Missolonghi	Missolonghi	Greek War of Independence
30 May 1824	Kasos Massacre	Kasos	Greek War of Independence
5 July 1824	Destruction of Psara	Psara	Greek War of Independence
29 August 1824	Battle of Gerontas	Leros	Greek War of Independence
15 April 1825	Third Siege of Missolonghi	Missolonghi	Greek War of Independence
8 May 1825	Battle of Sphacteria	Sphacteria	Greek War of Independence
1 June 1825	Battle of Andros		Greek War of Independence
13 June 1825	Battle of Maniaki	Maniaki	Greek War of Independence
6 July 1825	Battle of the Lerna Mills	Q4118461	Greek War of Independence
21 July 1825	Second Battle of Doliana	Ano Doliana	Greek War of Independence
November 1825	Battle of Kleisova	Kleisova island	Greek War of Independence
5 May 1826	Battle at Kastraki	Kalavryta Province	Greek War of Independence
20 May 1826	Siege of Varnakova	Monastery of Panagia Varnakovas	Greek War of Independence
3 August 1826	Siege of the Acropolis	Acropolis of Athens	Greek War of Independence
18 November 1826	Battle of Arachova	Arachova	Greek War of Independence
6 May 1827	Battle of Phaleron	Palaio Faliro	Greek War of Independence
26 August 1827	Battle of Kavkaria	Panachaiko	Greek War of Independence
October 1827	Campaign of Chios	Chios
20 October 1827	Battle of Navarino	Pylos	Greek War of Independence
12 September 1829	Battle of Petra	Q15306825	Greek War of Independence
21 March 1878	Battle of Mataraga and Petromagoula	Q12238100
4 May 1878	Battle of Mouzaki
15 September 1895	Siege of Vamos	Lefka Ori
27 April 1897	Battle of Velestino	Velestino	Greco-Turkish War of 1897
31 May 1903	Battle at Lokvata and Vinyari
29 September 1911	Battle of Preveza	Preveza	Italo-Turkish War
4 May 1912	Battle of Rhodes	Rhodes	Italo-Turkish War
October 1912	Capture of Lemnos	Lemnos	First Balkan War
10 October 1912	Battle of Sarantaporo	Sarantaporo	First Balkan War
23 October 1912	Battle of Pente Pigadia	Ioannina vilayet	First Balkan War
2 November 1912	Battle of Yenidje	Giannitsa	First Balkan War
2 November 1912	Battle of Sorovich		First Balkan War
21 November 1912	Battle of Lesbos	Lesbos	First Balkan War
24 November 1912	Battle of Chios	Chios	First Balkan War
25 November 1912	Siege of Ioannina	Ioannina	First Balkan War
26 November 1912	Battle of Driskos
27 November 1912	Battle of Merhamli		First Balkan War
1913	Battle of Bizani	Bizani municipality	First Balkan War
21 June 1913	Battle of Kilkis–Lahanas	Kilkis	Second Balkan War
22 June 1913	Battle of Dojran	Dojran Lake	Second Balkan War
9 August 1916	Battle of Doiran	Dojran Lake	Macedonian Front
17 August 1916	Battle of Lerin	Florina	Macedonian Front
12 September 1916	Battle of Kajmakchalan	Kajmakčalan	Macedonian Front
12 September 1916	Battle of Malka Nidzhe	Voras Mountains	Macedonian Front
22 April 1917	Battle of Doiran	Dojran Lake	Macedonian Front
29 May 1918	Battle of Skra-di-Legen	Skra	World War I
19 July 1940	Battle of Cape Spada	Mediterranean Sea	Mediterranean and Middle East Theater of World War II
28 October 1940	Battle of Pindus	Pindus	Greco-Italian War
2 November 1940	Battle of Elaia–Kalamas	Epirus Region	Greco-Italian War
1941	Battle of Thermopylae	Thermopylae	Battle of Greece
27 March 1941	Battle of Cape Matapan	Cape Matapan	Mediterranean and Middle East Theater of World War II
13 April 1941	Battle of Ptolemaida	Ptolemaida	Battle of Greece
13 April 1941	Battle of Kleisoura Pass	Kleisoura	Battle of Greece
18 April 1941	Battle of Tempe Gorge	Vale of Tempe	World War II in the Balkans
20 May 1941	Battle of Crete	Crete	World War II in the Balkans
20 May 1941	Battle of Heraklion	Chania	World War II
20 May 1941	Battle of Rethymno	Rethymno	World War II in the Balkans
27 May 1941	Battle of 42nd Street		World War II
1943	Battle of Fardykambos	Siatista
8 June 1943	Battle of Porta	Pyli Municipality	World War II
21 June 1943	Battle of Sarantaporos	Sarantaporo	World War II
15 August 1943	Battle of Trahili	Faistos Municipality	World War II
9 September 1943	Battle of Arachov	Arachova	World War II
26 September 1943	Battle of Leros	Leros	Mediterranean and Middle East Theater of World War II
3 October 1943	Battle of Kos	Kos	Mediterranean and Middle East Theater of World War II
24 April 1944	Raid on Santorini	Santorini	Mediterranean and Middle East Theater of World War II
17 May 1944	Battle at Achladokampos inn	Q3559045
19 July 1944	Battle of Chora - Agorelitsa	Greece	Q2094191
13 September 1944	Battle of Meligalas	Meligalas	Q2094191
4 November 1944	Battle of Kilkis	Kilkis	Q2094191
25 July 1947	Battle for Grevena
11 April 1948	Battle of Kalavryta
22 January 1949	Battle of Agios Vasileios		Greek Civil War
12 February 1949	Battle of Florina	Florina	Greek Civil War
date unknown	Kleisoura Battle, 1903		Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising
date unknown	Lokvata Battle		Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising
date unknown	Bigla Battle, 1903		Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising

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