Battle of Sellasia

When

222 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

37.17° N, 22.42° E

Description

ancient battle between Macedon and Sparta

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

222 BCE battle between a Macedonian-Achaean alliance and Sparta

The Battle of Sellasia took place during the summer of 222 BC between Macedon and the Achaean League, led by Antigonus III Doson, and Sparta under the command of King Cleomenes III. The battle was fought at Sellasia, on the northern frontier of Laconia and ended in a Macedonian-Achaean victory.

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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 “Battle of Sellasia: Cleomenes III of Sparta is defeated by Antigonus III of Macedon and his allies (the Achaean League, the Boeotian League, the Acarnanians,…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Schlacht von Sellasia: Die Spartaner unter Kleomenes III. unterliegen im Kleomenischen Krieg endgültig der gegnerischen griechisch-makedonischen Koalition…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Le roi Antigone Doson de Macédoine aide la Ligue achéenne à défaire Sparte à la bataille de Sellasia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Разгром армии Клеомена III войсками Эллинского союза в битве при Селласии”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Selasia entre los ejércitos de Antígono III de Macedonia y Cleómenes III, rey de Esparta”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “希腊：塞拉西亚战役，马其顿和亚该亚同盟联军打败斯巴达。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “スパルタのクレオメネス3世はセラシアの戦いでアンティゴノス3世とアカイア同盟、パロスのデメトリオス率いるイリュリア”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Cleomenean War229 BCE · War