What the records say
- When
- 710 BCE – 650 BCE
- Kind
- War
- Coordinates
- 38.50° N, 24.00° E
- Description
- military conflict between the two ancient Greek city states Chalcis and Eretria in Euboea
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Lelantine War
War in Archaic Greece between Chalcis and Eretria
The Lelantine War was a military conflict between the two ancient Greek city states Chalcis and Eretria in Euboea which took place in the early Archaic period, between c. 710 and 650 BC. The reason for war was, according to tradition, the struggle for the fertile Lelantine Plain on the island of Euboea.
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