Regional356 BCE

Battle of Potidaea

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
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Greece

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Potidaea (356 BCE), part of the 1st Greek Social War. Macedon, Olinthia defeated Athens, Potidaea. Battle followed by a massacre.

Belligerents4

Macedon
Olinthia
Athens
Potidaea

Conflict graph

PART OFSocial War (357–355 BC)

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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