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Battle of Corupedium

Battle of Corupedium was a battle fought in 281 BC at Lydia, in what is now Turkey. It was part of the Wars of the Diadochi, which ran from 322 BC to 275 BC. The recorded result: Seleucid victory.

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The plain of Corupedium
The plain of Corupedium. Jona Lendering, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought281 BC
WhereLydia, Turkey38.546N, 27.618E
OutcomeSeleucid victory
BelligerentsSeleucid EmpireagainstLysimachid Kingdom
Part ofWars of the Diadochi322 BC to 275 BC

Where it sits in the Wars of the Diadochi

Battle of Orkynia, 319 BCBattle of Cretopolis, 319 BCSiege of Nora, 319 BCCampaign of the Chersonese, 300 BCBattle of Korkyra, 298 BCBattle of Corupedium, 281 BCBattle of Thermopylae 279 BCE, 279 BCBattle of Delphi, 279 BC319 BC279 BCBattle of Corupedium, 281 BC
8 placed engagements of the Wars of the Diadochi in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date281 BC (year precision)
PlaceLydia, Turkey
38.546N, 27.618E
KindBattle, ancient
Territorial changeSeleucids gain control of Anatolia
Commanders
  • Lysimachus
Battle of CorupediumBattle of CorupediumSiege of Magnesia ad SipylumBattle of MagnesiaBattle of ThymbraSiege of SardisSiege of SardisBattle of MagnesiaBattle of ThymbraSiege of SardisİzmirDenizliBalıkesirUşakSökeMitiliniHiosAydın100 km38.546N, 27.618E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Corupedium
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 10 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Corupedium today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2024-08-24. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024.

The recorded site stands at about 42 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 33 to 225 m, 192 m of relief, hilly country and today it is 88% cropland, 6% tree cover, 3% grassland.

cropland: 88%tree cover: 6%grassland: 3%cropland 88%tree cover 6%grassland 3%
west to east, 10.0 km40 to 154 mnorth to south, 10.0 km37 to 57 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

In the same war

Battle of Corupedium is one of 193 engagements of the 3rd century BC in the atlas and one of 687 in present-day Turkey.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q47299, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Corupedium, revision 1383177690, 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.