What the records say
- When
- 391 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 37.93° N, 22.88° E
- Description
- 390 BCE battle
Battle of Lechaeum
Athenian victory in the Corinthian War (391 BC)
The Battle of Lechaeum was fought between the Athenians and the Spartans during the Corinthian War; it ended in an Athenian victory. During the battle, the Athenian general Iphicrates took advantage of the situation when a Spartan hoplite regiment operating near Corinth was marching through open terrain without the protection of any missile throwing troops.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Athenian general, Iphicrates, with a force composed almost entirely of light troops and peltasts (javelin throwers)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Atinalı general İfikratis, neredeyse tamamı hafif birliklerden ve mızrakçılardan (peltastisler) oluşan bir kuvvetle”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Das attische Entsatzheer erreicht Korinth, dessen Hafenstadt Lechaion von den Spartanern eingenommen wurde”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Lequeo: Un mora (regimiento) espartano es derrotado por los atenienses dirigidos por Ifícrates”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “科林斯战争中利開翁之役，雅典獲勝。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page