What the records say
- When
- 440 BCE – 439 BCE
- Kind
- War
- Coordinates
- 37.75° N, 26.83° E
- Description
- war
Samian War
5th century BCE military conflict between Athens and the island of Samos
The Samian War was an Ancient Greek military conflict between Athens and Samos. The war was initiated by Athens's intervention in a dispute between Samos and Miletus. When the Samians refused to break off their attacks on Miletus as ordered, the Athenians easily drove out the oligarchic government of Samos and installed a garrison in the city, but the oligarchs soon returned, with Persian support.
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