Regional348 BCE

Battle of Olynthus

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Greece

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Olynthus (348 BCE), part of the 3rd Sacred War. Macedonia, pro-Macedonian Olynthians defeated Olynthus, Athens. Battle followed by a massacre.

Belligerents4

Macedonia
pro-Macedonian Olynthians
Olynthus
Athens

Conflict graph

PART OFThird Sacred War

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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