Regional456 BCE

Battle of Prosopitis

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Egypt

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Prosopitis (456 BCE), part of the Greco-Persian Wars. Persia defeated Athens.

Belligerents2

Persia
Athens

ON THE MAPAchaemenid Persian EmpireAthens (Delian League)

Conflict graph

PART OFGreco-Persian Wars

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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