Battle of Lechaeum

The Battle of Lechaeum was fought between the Athenians and the Spartans during the Corinthian War; it ended in an Athenian victory. During the battle, the Athenian general Iphicrates took advantage of the situation when a Spartan hoplite regiment operating near Corinth was marching through open terrain without the protection of any missile throwing troops. He decided to ambush it with his force of javelin throwers, or peltasts. By launching repeated hit-and-run attacks against the Spartan formation, Iphicrates and his men were able to wear the Spartans down, eventually routing them and killing just under half. This marked one of the first occasions in Greek military history in which a force of peltasts had defeated a force of hoplite heavy infantry.

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-145 Battle of Corinth

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-197 Siege of Corinth

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-234 Battle of Cleonae

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-384 Siege of Phlius

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-391 Battle of Corinth

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-393 Battle of Nemea

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-424 Battle of Solygeia

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1446 Siege of the Hexamilion

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1458 Siege of Corinth

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1822 Battle of Dervenakia

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-800 — -493 Spartan–Argive wars

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	145	Battle of Corinth	battle, Achaean League, Roman Republic	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	197	Siege of Corinth	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	234	Battle of Cleonae	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	384	Siege of Phlius	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	390	Battle of Lechaeum	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	391	Battle of Corinth	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	393	Battle of Nemea	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	424	Battle of Solygeia	battle, Classical Athens, Ancient Corinth	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1446	Siege of the Hexamilion	Ottoman Empire, siege, Despotate of the Morea	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1458	Siege of Corinth	Ottoman Empire, battle, Despotate of the Morea	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1822	Battle of Dervenakia	Ottoman Empire, battle, First Hellenic Republic	Wikidata
event	war	800	Spartan–Argive wars	Sparta, Argos, series of wars	Wikidata
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site	fort		Oenoe	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Venetian fortifications of Mt. Oneia	fort	Wikidata