century, 102 engagements

Battles of the 5th century BC

102 engagements of the 5th century BC are placed in the atlas: 57 battles, 21 sieges, 23 naval actions and 1 campaign across 6 present-day countries, most in Greece (47), Italy (32), Turkey (17). The century's largest wars by placed engagements: Peloponnesian War (30), Greco-Persian Wars (15), Roman-Etruscan Wars (6), Greco-Carthaginian War (5).

102 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by decade

102 dated engagements, one bar per decade, coloured by era.

Wars of the century 11 with pages

Most widely documented engagements

Date	Engagement	Place	War
July 480 BC	Battle of Thermopylae	Thermopylae	Greco-Persian Wars
12 September 490 BC	Battle of Marathon	Marathon	Greco-Persian Wars
29 September 480 BC	Battle of Salamis	Salamis Island	Greco-Persian Wars
27 August 479 BC	Battle of Plataea	Plataea	Greco-Persian Wars
479 BC	Battle of Mycale	Mycale	Greco-Persian Wars
480 BC	Battle of Artemisium	Q1728291	Greco-Persian Wars
405 BC	Battle of Aegospotami	Aegospotami	Decelean War
401 BC	Battle of Cunaxa	Cunaxa	the Ten Thousand
401 BC	Celtic settlement of Southeast Europe	Southern Europe
494 BC	Battle of Lade		Ionian Revolt
480 BC	Battle of Himera	Himera	First Sicilian War
September 406 BC	Battle of Arginusae	Garip Island	Decelean War
433 BC	Battle of Sybota	Syvota Islands	Peloponnesian War
the 497 BCs	Battle of Lake Regillus	Regillus	First Latin War
432 BC	Battle of Potidaea	Potidaea	Peloponnesian War
424 BC	Battle of Delium	Delium	Peloponnesian War
425 BC	Battle of Sphacteria	Sphacteria	Peloponnesian War
422 BC	Battle of Amphipolis	Amphipolis	Archidamian War
418 BC	Battle of Mantinea	Mantineia	Peloponnesian War
474 BC	Battle of Cumae	Gulf of Naples
425 BC	Battle of Pylos	Pylos	Peloponnesian War
410 BC	Battle of Cyzicus	Cyzicus	Peloponnesian War
429 BC	Battle of Naupactus	Nafpaktos	Peloponnesian War
499 BC	Siege of Naxos	Naxos Island	Greco-Persian Wars
447 BC	Battle of Coronea	Koroneia	First Peloponnesian War
457 BC	Battle of Tanagra	ancient Tanagra
411 BC	Battle of Abydos	Abydos	Peloponnesian War
477 BC	Battle of the Cremera	Cremera
409 BC	Battle of Himera	Himera	Greco-Carthaginian War
415 BC	Battle of Melos	Milos	Peloponnesian War
406 BC	Battle of Notium		Peloponnesian War
409 BC	Battle of Selinus	Selinunte	Greco-Carthaginian War
490 BC	Siege of Eretria	Eretria	Greco-Persian Wars
426 BC	Battle of Olpae	Olpae	Archidamian War
457 BC	Battle of Oenophyta	Oinofyta	First Peloponnesian War
429 BC	Battle of Spartolos	Chalkidiki	Peloponnesian War
426 BC	Battle of Tanagra	Tanagra	Peloponnesian War
411 BC	Battle of Cynossema	Kilitbahir	Peloponnesian War
406 BC	Battle of Veii	Veii	Roman-Etruscan Wars
411 BC	Battle of Syme	Symi	Peloponnesian War
405 BC	Battle of Gela	Gela	Greco-Carthaginian War
April 406 BC	Siege of Akragas	Akragas	Greco-Carthaginian War
411 BC	Battle of Eretria	Eretria	Peloponnesian War
429 BC	Battle of Rhium	Gulf of Patras	Peloponnesian War
450 BC	Battle of Salamis of Cyprus	Salamis	Wars of the Delian League
498 BC	Battle of Ephesus	Ephesus	Ionian Revolt
458 BC	Battle of Mount Algidus	Mount Algidus	Roman expansion in Italy
446 BC	Battle of Corbio
498 BC	Siege of Sardis	Sardis
426 BC	Aetolian Campaign	Aetolia	Peloponnesian War
429 BC	Siege of Plataea	Plataea	Peloponnesian War
406 BC	Battle of Mytilene	Mytilene	Decelean War
403 BC	Battle of Piraeus	Piraeus	Phyle Campaign
404 BC	Battle of Munichia	Munichia	Phyle Campaign
455 BC	Battle of Jinyang	Taiyuan	history, heritage and archaeology
424 BC	Battle of Megara	Megara	Peloponnesian War
478 BC	Siege of Byzantium	Byzantium	Greco-Persian Wars
435 BC	Capture of Fidenae	Fidenae	Roman-Etruscan Wars
478 BC	Battle of Lize		history, heritage and archaeology
408 BC	Siege of Byzantium	Byzantium	Peloponnesian War
415 BC	Siege of Syracuse	Syracuse	Sicilian Expedition
490 BC	Siege of Naxos	Naxos	Greco-Persian Wars
476 BC	Battle of the Janiculum	Janiculum	Wars between Rome and the Veii
426 BC	Battle of Fidenae	Fidenae	Roman-Etruscan Wars
437 BC	Battle of Fidenae	Fidenae	Roman-Etruscan Wars
475 BC	Battle of Veii	Veii	Roman-Etruscan Wars
477 BC	Siege of Eion	Eion	Wars of the Delian League
450 BC	Siege of Kition	Kition	Wars of the Delian League
497 BC	Battle of Salamis of Cyprus	Salamis	Ionian Revolt
409 BC	Battle of Ephesus	Ephesus	Peloponnesian War
413 BC	Battle of Assinaros river	Asinaro	Sicilian Expedition
404 BC	Siege of Athens	Athens	Peloponnesian War
425 BC	Battle of Solygeia	Solygeia	Peloponnesian War
409 BC	Siege of Chalcedon	Chalcedon	Peloponnesian War
490 BC	Siege of Lindos	Lindos	Greco-Persian Wars
417 BC	Battle of Orneae	Orneae	Peloponnesian War
484 BC	Battle of Antium	Antium	Roman-Volscian Wars
484 BC	Battle of Longula	Longula	Roman-Volscian Wars
487 BC	Battle of Praeneste	Praeneste
480 BC	Battle of Veii	Veii	Roman-Etruscan Wars
479 BC	Siege of Sestos	Sestos	Greco-Persian Wars
408 BC	Siege of Andros	Andros	Peloponnesian War
431 BC	Spartan invasions of Attica during the Archidamian War	Attica	Archidamian War
450 BC	Battle of Nomae	Sicily
431 BC	Battle of Plataea	Plataea	Peloponnesian War
427 BC	Battle of Corcyra	Corcyra	Peloponnesian War
425 BC	Battle of the Strait	Strait of Messina	First Sicilian Expedition
438 BC	Siege of Byzance	Byzantium	Samian War
480 BC	Siege of Olynthus	Olynthus	Greco-Persian Wars
479 BC	Siege of Potidaea	Potidaea	Greco-Persian Wars
492 BC	Battle of the Helorus River	Helorus
413 BC	Second Naval Battle of Syracuse	Port of Syracuse	Sicilian Expedition
413 BC	First Naval Battle of Syracuse	Port of Syracuse	Sicilian Expedition
412 BC	Battle of Milet	Miletus	Peloponnesian War
468 BC	Battle of Antium	Antium	Roman-Volscian Wars
487 BC	Battle of Velletri	Velletri	Roman-Volscian Wars
480 BC	Siege of Potidaea	Potidaea	Greco-Persian Wars
406 BC	Battle of the Himera River	Salso	Greco-Carthaginian War
465 BC	Battle of Drabeskos	Draviskos
451 BC	Battle of Motya	Mozia
435 BC	Battle of Actium	Akri	War between Corinth and Corcyra
471 BC	Battle of Dipaea	Dipaea

The 102 most widely documented engagements of the century are listed; the war pages list every placed engagement by date.