century, 31 engagements

Battles of the 6th century BC

31 engagements of the 6th century BC are placed in the atlas: 24 battles and 7 sieges across 12 present-day countries, most in Italy (7), Turkey (5), Greece (4). The century's largest wars by placed engagements: Cyrus the Great (3), Spartan–Argive wars (1), Roman-Etruscan Wars (1).

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

Engagements by decade

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

Wars of the century 3 with pages

Most widely documented engagements

Date	Engagement	Place	War
589 BC	Siege of Jerusalem	Jerusalem	Jewish–Babylonian War
585 BC	Battle of Halys	Kızılırmak River	Median-Lydian War
May 525 BC	Battle of Pelusium	Pelusium	First Achaemenid conquest of Egypt
547 BC	Battle of Pteria	Pteria	Cyrus the Great
597 BC	Siege of Jerusalem	Jerusalem	Jewish–Babylonian War
539 BC	Fall of Babylon	Babylon
December 547 BC	Battle of Thymbra		Cyrus the Great
September 539 BC	Battle of Opis	Opis	Cyrus the Great
December 547 BC	Siege of Sardis	Sardis
597 BC	Battle of Bi
575 BC	Battle of Yanling	Yanling County
546 BC	Battle of the 300 Champions	Thyrea	Spartan–Argive wars
551 BC	Battle of the Persian Border	Ecbatana	Medo-Persian conflict
508 BC	Siege of Rome	Rome	Roman-Etruscan Wars
586 BC	Siege of Tyre	Tyre
551 BC	Battle of the Fetters	Tegea	Spartan–Tegean wars
550 BC	Siege of the Pasargadae Hill	Pasargadae	Medo-Persian conflict
508 BC	War between Clusium and Aricia	Aricia
589 BC	Battle of An
600 BC	Battle of the Ticino River	Ticinum
599 BC	Battle of Dhat Irq	Hejaz
510 BC	Battle of Nika	Fiumenicà
560 BC	Battle of Leucon	Jebel Akhdar
543 BC	Siege of Kâpîssâ	Kapisa Province
524 BC	Battle of Cumae	Cumae
524 BC	Battle of Cumae	Cumae
546 BC	Battle of Pallene	Pallene
522 BC	Battle of Sikayauvatish	Ziwiyeh Castle	Achaemenid Civil War
504 BC	Battle of Fidenae	Fidenae
510 BC	Siege of Byzance	Byzantium
550 BC	Battle of Tegea	Tegea	Spartan–Tegean wars

The 31 most widely documented engagements of the century are listed; the war pages list every placed engagement by date.