Atlas of Battles

contested ground, 3 engagements

Plataea: contested ground

The ground around Plataea was fought over 3 times between 479 BC and 429 BC: 2 battles and 1 siege, in 2 different wars. All 3 recorded sites lie within a few kilometres of one another.

Battle of PlataeaSiege of PlataeaBattle of PlataeaBattle of PlataeaAthensPatraKalamataAgrinioChalkidaMitiliniTripoliHios200 km38.226N, 23.286E
3 engagements within a few kilometres, coloured by era; the ringed mark is the most widely documented.

In time order

Battle of Plataea, 479 BCBattle of Plataea, 431 BCSiege of Plataea, 429 BC479 BC429 BC
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceWar
27 August 479 BCBattle of PlataeaPlataeaSecond Persian invasion of Greece
431 BCBattle of PlataeaPlataeaPeloponnesian War
429 BCSiege of PlataeaPlataeaPeloponnesian War

Contested ground is computed: recorded sites within six kilometres of one another, three or more engagements, in more than one war or across more than fifty years. Coordinates are those recorded in Wikidata and can be approximate.