naval engagement, notable, ancient

Battle of Chios

Name: Battle of Chios
Location: Chios, Greece

Battle of Chios was a naval engagement fought in 201 BC at Chios, in what is now Greece. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Chios. It was part of the Cretan War of 205-200 BCE, which ran from 205 BC to 200 BC. The recorded result: Rhodian alliance victory. Recorded strength: Around 200 ships against Around 100 ships.

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Fought201 BC

WhereChios, Greece38.400N, 26.017E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeRhodian alliance victory

BelligerentsMacedonagainstRhodes; Pergamum; Byzantium; Cyzicus

Part ofCretan War of 205-200 BCE205 BC to 200 BC

Where it sits in the Cretan War of 205-200 BCE

3 placed engagements of the Cretan War of 205-200 BCE in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	201 BC (year precision)
Place	Chios, Greece 38.400N, 26.017E
Kind	Naval engagement, ancient
Strength	Around 200 ships	Around 100 ships
Casualties and losses	92 ships sunk; 7 captured; 9,000 dead; 2,000 captured	Rhodes: 3 ships sunk; 60 dead; Pergamum: 3 ships sunk; 2 captured; 70 dead
Commanders	Philip V of Macedon	Attalus I Theophiliscus

Placed at Chios; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Campaign of Chios 1827, same recorded site
Bombardment of Chios 1681, same recorded site
Burning of the Ottoman flagship off Chios 1822, 4.9 km SE
Battle of Chios 1912, 4.9 km SE
Battle of Porto Delphino 1665, 13 km NE

In the same war

After: Battle of Lade 201 BC
All 3 engagements of Cretan War of 205-200 BCE

Elsewhere in 201 BC

Siege of Ocile Morocco

Battle of Chios is one of 193 engagements of the 3rd century BC in the atlas and one of 529 in present-day Greece.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2254950, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Chios (201 BC), revision 1370437103, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.