Atlas of Battles

contested ground, 3 engagements

Pelusium: contested ground

The ground around Pelusium was fought over 3 times between 525 BC and AD 639: 2 battles and 1 siege, in 2 different wars. All 3 recorded sites lie within a few kilometres of one another.

Battle of PelusiumSiege of PelusiumBattle of PelusiumBattle of PelusiumAlexandriaTel AvivJerusalemBur SaidSuezGaza CityGizaIsmaïlia200 km31.044N, 32.563E
3 engagements within a few kilometres, coloured by era; the ringed mark is the most widely documented.

In time order

Battle of Pelusium, 525 BCBattle of Pelusium, 343 BCSiege of Pelusium, AD 639525 BCAD 639
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceWar
May 525 BCBattle of PelusiumPelusiumFirst Achaemenid conquest of Egypt
343 BCBattle of PelusiumPelusium
November AD 639Siege of PelusiumPelusiumArab conquest of Egypt

Contested ground is computed: recorded sites within six kilometres of one another, three or more engagements, in more than one war or across more than fifty years. Coordinates are those recorded in Wikidata and can be approximate.