Significant469 BCE – 466 BCE · 3 years

Battle of the Eurymedon

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Mouth of the Eurymedon River, Pamphylia (southern Anatolia)

Estimated casualties

0single estimate · no range published

Ancient figures unreliable / no reliable estimate. Exact date (c. 469-466 BC) and casualty totals are uncertain.

SOURCEunrecorded

Cimon of Athens led the Delian League to a double victory on land and sea over Persian forces at the mouth of the Eurymedon River in Pamphylia. The victory broke Persian naval power in the eastern Mediterranean and consolidated Athenian dominance in the Aegean.

Belligerents2

Delian League (Athens and allies)
Achaemenid Persian Empire

ON THE MAPAchaemenid Persian Empire

Conflict graph

PART OFGreco-Persian Wars

Sources

Wikipedia: Battle of the Eurymedon
Britannica: Cimon
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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