First Sacred War
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The First Sacred War, or Cirraean War, was fought between the Amphictyonic League of Delphi and the city of Kirrha. At the beginning of the 6th century BC, the Pylaeo-Delphic Amphictyony, controlled by the Thessalians, attempted to take hold of the Sacred Land of Apollo, resulting in this war. The conflict arose due to Kirrha's frequent robbery and mistreatment of pilgrims going to Delphi and their encroachments upon Delphic land. The war, which culminated with the defeat and destruction of Kirrha, is notable for the use of chemical warfare at the Siege of Kirrha, in the form of hellebore being used to poison the city's water supply. The war's end was marked by the organization of the first Pythian Games.
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Location: 38.4296, 22.4455, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| area | region | 1319 | Duchy of Neopatria | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 278 | Battle of Delphi | battle, Gauls, Neoptolemus, Brennus, Phocis, Phylacus, Acichorius, Hyperochus, Aleximachus of Phocis | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 873 | Battle of the Gulf of Corinth | Byzantine Empire, Emirate of Crete, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1821 | Battle of Gravia Inn | Ottoman Empire, battle, military victories against the odds | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1822 | Battle of Dadi | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1826 | Battle of Arachova | Ottoman Empire, battle, First Hellenic Republic | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1827 | Battle of Distomo | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1827 | Battle of Itea | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1943 | Battle of Arachov | battle, Wehrmacht, Greek People's Liberation Army | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of Karoutes | battle | Wikidata |
| event | war | 355 | Third Sacred War | war, Sparta, Macedonia, Thessaly, Doris, Boeotia, Pherae, Classical Athens, Phocis, Delphic amphictyony, Thebes, Locris | Wikidata |
| event | war | 594 | First Sacred War | war, Sicyon, Delphic amphictyony, Cirrha | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1684 | Morean War | war, Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire, Montenegrins, Papal States, Knights Hospitaller, Duchy of Savoy, Order of Saint Stephen | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Aiolidai | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Sigditsa Fort | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | Châteaurenault | shipwreck, ship | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | Frankish tower of Lilaia | fortified tower | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | Tower of Amfikleia | fortified tower | Wikidata | |