Siege of Pelium

The siege of Pelium was undertaken by Alexander the Great against the Illyrian tribes in parts of what is modern-day Albania. It was critical for Alexander to take this pass as it provided easy access to Illyria and Macedonia, which was urgently needed in order to quell the unrest in Greece at this time in Athens and Thebes. This was an important point of demarcation in Alexander's early reign, as it established him among the Danubian tribes to the north as a serious monarch to be reckoned with, just as he would later establish this precedent for the Greek city states under his hegemony. Taking this pass allowed Alexander to march his army to southern Greece quickly, which would eventually result in the total destruction of Thebes.

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1108 Battle of Devol

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1903 Battle at Lokvata and Vinyari

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1912 Capture of Korytsa

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1940 Battle of Morava–Ivan

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1940 Battle of Korytsa

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1941 Battle of Lake Kastoria

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1950 Gramos incident

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Pelium Manœuvre

Plain of Pelium

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	1916	Autonomous Albanian Republic of Korçë		Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Bigla Battle, 1903	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Bilishta Battle, 1903	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Lokvata Battle	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	279	Death of Ptolemy Ceraunus	death, Macedonia, battle, Gauls	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	334	Siege of Pelium	battle, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1108	Battle of Devol	Byzantine Empire, battle, Albanians	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1903	Battle at Lokvata and Vinyari	Ottoman Empire, battle, Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1912	Capture of Korytsa	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1940	Battle of Morava–Ivan	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1940	Battle of Korytsa	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1941	Battle of Lake Kastoria	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1950	Gramos incident	border incident, Kingdom of Greece, People's Socialist Republic of Albania	Wikidata
site	museum		Pavlos Melas Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2010	Museum of the Macedonian Struggle	military museum	Wikidata
commons	image		Pelium Manœuvre		Commons
commons	image		Plain of Pelium		Commons