What the records say
- When
- 458 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 37.75° N, 23.43° E
- Description
- battle between Aegina (and its allies) and Athens (458–57 BC)
Placed at the town its title names, Aegina.
Battle of Aegina
Battle between Aegina (and its allies) and Athens (458–57 BC)
The Battle of Aegina was a battle that took place in 458 and 457 BCE between Aegina, aided by the Peloponnesian League, and Athens, as part of the First Peloponnesian War. The battle saw Athens capture most of the Aeginetan fleet; after it was besieged by the Athenians, Aegina surrendered and became a tributary state to the Delian League.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Aegina joins the Peloponnesian alliance, but their combined fleet is defeated by the Athenians in the Battle of Aegina”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
Nearby in time and place
- Battle of Tanagra457 BCE · Battle
- Battle of Oenophyta457 BCE · Battle
- First Peloponnesian War460 BCE · War
- Battle of Salamis22 Sep 480 BCE · Battle
- Battle of Coronea447 BCE · Battle
- The Congress at the Isthmus of Corinth, under the presidency of Sparta, brings together a number of the Greek city states481 BCE · Event
- Battle of Plataea22 Aug 479 BCE · Battle
- Thirty Years' Peace446 BCE · Treaty