What the records say
- When
- 415 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 36.68° N, 24.42° E
- Description
- peloponnesian War, 416 BCE
Siege of Melos
416 BC event of the Peloponnesian War
The siege of Melos occurred in 416 BC, during the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, when the Athenians attacked Melos, an island in the Aegean Sea roughly 110 kilometres east of mainland Greece. Though the Melians had ancestral ties to Sparta, they were neutral in the war. Athens invaded Melos in the summer of 416 BC and demanded that the Melians surrender and pay tribute to Athens or face annihilation.
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