Athenaeum fortress
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Athenaeum or Athenaion, was a fortress in the south of ancient Arcadia, and in the territory of Megalopolis. It is described by Plutarch as a position in advance of the Lacedaemonian frontier, and near Belemina. It was fortified by Spartan king Cleomenes III in 224 BCE, and was frequently taken and retaken in the wars between the Achaean League and the Spartans.
Wikidata
Athenaion; Athinaion Fortress
Greece, Greece,
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Location: 37.2773, 22.2589, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
48 places
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Dorian invasion ⓘ
legendary ancient invasion of southern Greece -
Helot uprising ⓘ
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Battle of Selasia ⓘ
195 BCE battle -
Battle of Sparta ⓘ
218 BCE battle during the 220-217 BCE Social War -
Battle of Sellasia ⓘ
ancient battle between Macedon and Sparta -
Battle of Megalopolis ⓘ
ca 262 BCE Defeat of Sparta at Megalopolis -
Pyrrhus' invasion of the Peloponnese ⓘ
Pyrrhus' campaigns in the Peloponnese -
Siege of Sparta ⓘ
272 BCE siege -
Siege of Megalopolis ⓘ
battle during the Wars of the Diadochi -
Battle of Megalopolis ⓘ
battle between Antipater and Sparta -
Battle of Dipaea ⓘ
5th century BCE battle between Spartans and Arcadians -
Battle of Tegea ⓘ
c. 550 BCE battle -
Battle of the Fetters ⓘ
6th century BCE Spartan defeat near Tegea -
Battle of the Great Foss ⓘ
ancient defeat of Messenia by Sparta -
Battle of Deres ⓘ
battle of 2nd Messenian war with Sparta -
Battle of the Olive Grove of Koundouros ⓘ
1205 battle of the Fourth Crusade -
Battle of Makryplagi ⓘ
1263 battle -
Fall of Nikli ⓘ
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Conquest of the Principality of Achaia ⓘ
1314 military campaign -
Battle of Gardiki ⓘ
c. 1375 battle -
1423 Morea expedition ⓘ
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Battle of Davia ⓘ
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Capture of Kalamata ⓘ
1659 battle -
Battle of Kalamata ⓘ
1685 Venetian-Ottoman battle of the Morean War -
Ottoman reconquest of the Morea ⓘ
1715 Ottoman military offensive during the Seventh Ottoman-Venetian War -
Siege of Tripolitsa ⓘ
1821 siege and massacre of Muslims and Jews in Tripolitsa -
Battle of Valtetsi ⓘ
1821 battle of the Greek War of Independence -
Battle of Doliana ⓘ
1821 battle that occurred during the Greek War of Independence -
Battle at Trikorfa ⓘ
1825 battle -
Second Battle of Doliana ⓘ
1821 battle that occurred during the Greek War of Independence -
Battle of Meimetaga ⓘ
1826 battle -
Battle of Valtetsi ⓘ
1944 battle -
Battle of Meligalas ⓘ
1944 battle between ELAS and Security Battalions -
Operation Peristera ⓘ
1948–1949 military campaign of the Greek Civil War -
Cleomenean War ⓘ
war -
War of Agis ⓘ
4th c. BCE Macedonia-Sparta conflict -
Elean War ⓘ
defeat of Elis by Sparta and allies ca. 402-398 BCE -
Spartan–Tegean wars ⓘ
6th-century BCE series of wars -
Second Messenian War ⓘ
war between the Ancient Greek states of Messenia and Sparta -
First Messenian War ⓘ
war between Messenia and Sparta -
Achaean–Byzantine War ⓘ
1263–1266 war -
Argos and Nafplio War ⓘ
1388–1394 war -
Byzantine–Ottoman War of 1421–1424 ⓘ
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Ottoman–Venetian War of 1423–1430 ⓘ
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Greek civil wars of 1823–1825 ⓘ
civil conflicts in Greece -
Athenaeum fortress ⓘ
ancient fortress in Arcadia -
War museum of Tripoli ⓘ
museum in Arcadia, Greece -
Military Museum of Kalamata ⓘ
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| event | armed conflict | Dorian invasion | human migration, Heracleidae, mythical event, military campaign | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Helot uprising | slave rebellion | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 194 | Battle of Selasia | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 217 | Battle of Sparta | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 221 | Battle of Sellasia | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 262 | Battle of Megalopolis | Sparta, battle, Acrotatus, Aristodemus the Good, Arcadia | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 271 | Pyrrhus' invasion of the Peloponnese | invasion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 271 | Siege of Sparta | Sparta, Macedonia, siege, Epirus | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 316 | Siege of Megalopolis | battle, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 330 | Battle of Megalopolis | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 470 | Battle of Dipaea | Sparta, battle, Arcadia | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 549 | Battle of Tegea | Sparta, battle, Tegea | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 550 | Battle of the Fetters | Sparta, battle, Tegea | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 681 | Battle of the Great Foss | battle, Aristokrates, Messenia, Spartan army, Arcadia | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 683 | Battle of Deres | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1205 | Battle of the Olive Grove of Koundouros | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1263 | Battle of Makryplagi | Byzantine Empire, Principality of Achaea, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1294 | Fall of Nikli | Byzantine Empire, battle, Principality of Achaea | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1314 | Conquest of the Principality of Achaia | military campaign, Matilda of Hainaut, Isabelle de Sabran | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1375 | Battle of Gardiki | battle, Principality of Achaea, Despotate of the Morea | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1423 | 1423 Morea expedition | Ottoman Empire, Despotate of the Morea, military expedition | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1423 | Battle of Davia | Ottoman Empire, battle, Despotate of the Morea | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1659 | Capture of Kalamata | Ottoman Empire, Republic of Venice, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1685 | Battle of Kalamata | Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1715 | Ottoman reconquest of the Morea | Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire, military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1821 | Siege of Tripolitsa | battle, siege, massacre | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1821 | Battle of Valtetsi | Ottoman Empire, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1821 | Battle of Doliana | Ottoman Empire, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1825 | Battle at Trikorfa | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1825 | Second Battle of Doliana | Ottoman Empire, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1826 | Battle of Meimetaga | Ottoman Empire, battle, First Hellenic Republic | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of Valtetsi | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of Meligalas | Greek People's Liberation Army, Security Battalions, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1948 | Operation Peristera | military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | war | 228 | Cleomenean War | war, Sparta, Macedonia, Elis, Achaean League | Wikidata |
| event | war | 333 | War of Agis | war, Sparta, Macedonia | Wikidata |
| event | war | 400 | Elean War | war, Sparta, Elis | Wikidata |
| event | war | 600 | Spartan–Tegean wars | Sparta, Tegea, series of wars | Wikidata |
| event | war | 684 | Second Messenian War | war, Sparta, Arcadia, Argos, Messenia, Ancient Corinth, Sicyon, Lepreon, Ancient Elis | Wikidata |
| event | war | 742 | First Messenian War | war, Sparta, Messenia | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1263 | Achaean–Byzantine War | war, Byzantine Empire, Principality of Achaea | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1388 | Argos and Nafplio War | war, Republic of Venice, Duchy of Athens, Despotate of the Morea, Navarrese Company | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1421 | Byzantine–Ottoman War of 1421–1424 | war, Byzantine Empire, Ottoman Empire, Despotate of the Morea | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1423 | Ottoman–Venetian War of 1423–1430 | war, Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1823 | Greek civil wars of 1823–1825 | civil war | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Athenaeum fortress | fort, archaeological site | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | 2000 | War museum of Tripoli | military museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2006 | Military Museum of Kalamata | military museum | Wikidata |