Major conflict1571

Battle of Lepanto

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

Gulf of Patras · Greece · Mediterranean

Estimated casualties

50Ksingle estimate · no range published

The Holy League Christian fleet achieved a decisive naval victory against the Ottoman Navy, though it was not strategically conclusive. This battle became symbolic of Christian resistance to Ottoman expansion despite Ottoman recovery afterward.

Belligerents5

Ottoman Empire
Holy League
Spain
Venice
Papal States

ON THE MAPOttoman EmpireSpanish Empire (Americas)Venetian RepublicPapal States

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

Open in the atlas →Seeks the timeline to 1571 and opens this record.

Cite as: Battle of Lepanto (1571). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-lepanto · Sources & methodology