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Battle of Lade

Battle of Lade was a battle fought in 494 BC in what is now Turkey. It was part of the Ionian Revolt, which ran from 499 BC to 493 BC. The recorded result: Persian decisive victory. Recorded strength: 353 ships (Herodotus) against 600 ships (Herodotus).

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Map of Mycale, Lade, and Miletus.
Map of Mycale, Lade, and Miletus.. Marco Prins and Jona Lendering, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought494 BC
WhereTurkey37.550N, 27.100E
OutcomePersian decisive victory
BelligerentsIoniaagainstAchaemenid Empire
Casualties and losses246 shipsand57 ships
Part ofIonian Revolt499 BC to 493 BC

Where it sits in the Ionian Revolt

Battle of Ephesus, 498 BCBattle of Salamis of Cyprus, 497 BCBattle of Lade, 494 BC498 BC494 BCBattle of Lade, 494 BC
3 placed engagements of the Ionian Revolt in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date494 BC (year precision)
PlaceTurkey
37.550N, 27.100E
KindBattle, ancient
Strength353 ships (Herodotus)600 ships (Herodotus)
Casualties and losses246 ships57 ships
Commanders
  • Dionysius of Phocaea
  • Datis
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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 Lade
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 5 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Lade today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2024-08-19. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024.

The recorded site stands at about 0 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from -1 to 0 m, 1 m of relief, flat country and today it is 100% water.

water: 100%water 100%
west to east, 10.0 km0 to 1 mnorth to south, 10.0 km0 to 1 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 Lade is one of 102 engagements of the 5th century BC in the atlas and one of 687 in present-day Turkey.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q427565, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Lade, revision 1376435907, 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.