What the records say
- When
- 432 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 40.19° N, 23.33° E
- Description
- 431 BCE battle
Battle of Potidaea
Battle between Athens and Corinth (432 BC)
The Battle of Potidaea was fought in 432 BC between Athens and a combined army from Corinth and Potidaea, along with their various allies. Along with the Battle of Sybota, it was one of the catalysts for the Peloponnesian War.
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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 admiral, Phormio, continues the siege of Potidaea by blocking the entrance to the Gulf of Corinth”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Potidea Ayaklanması gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Schlacht von Potidaia zwischen Athen und Korinth”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Potidée”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Потидея выходит из союза”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “アテナイの提督ポルミオンは、コリンティアコス湾を封鎖して、ポティダイア (Ποτίδαια、Potidaea) への攻城戦を継続した。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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