Siege of Megalopolis
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The siege of Megalopolis was a siege battle during the Second War of the Diadochi between Polyperchon, the Regent of the Macedonian Empire, and the people of Megalopolis who supported Polyperchon's rival Cassander. The siege failed and Polyperchon lost a lot of prestige, which was capitalized on by Cassander and his ally Antigonus.
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Location: 37.4, 22.1333, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1388-01-01T00:00:00Z
1394-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Polysperchon's Army Driven back at Megalopolis, 317 BC (1854 engraving)| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | Dorian invasion | human migration, Heracleidae, mythical event, military campaign | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Helot uprising | slave rebellion | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 226 | Battle of Mount Lycaeum | 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 | 316 | Siege of Megalopolis | battle, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 330 | Battle of Megalopolis | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 367 | Battle without tears | Sparta, battle, Arcadian League | Wikidata |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | 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 Agios Athanasios at Karytaina | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1821 | Battle of Valtetsi | Ottoman Empire, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1825 | Battle at Trikorfa | 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 |
| commons | image | Polysperchon's Army Driven back at Megalopolis, 317 BC (1854 engraving) | Commons | ||
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