Battle of the Great Foss

ancient defeat of Messenia by Sparta. 
Battle of Taphrus, Battle of the Big Ditch, Battle of the Great Trench

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1423 Morea expedition – Achaean–Byzantine War – Argos and Nafplio War – Battle of Gardiki – Battle of Hysiae – Battle of Tegea – Battle of the 300 Champions – Battle of the Fetters – Battle of the Olive Grove of Koundouros – Cleomenean War – Conquest of the Principality of Achaia – Dorian invasion – Elean War – Fall of Nikli – First Messenian War – Greek civil wars of 1823–1825 – Messenian Wars – Operation Peristera – Ottoman raids into the Despotate of the Morea – Ottoman reconquest of the Morea – Ottoman–Venetian War of 1423–1430 – Second Messenian War – Social War of 220-217 BCE – Spartan–Argive wars – Spartan–Tegean wars – War against Nabis – War of Agis – 

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1423 Morea expedition 1423

1823-01-01T00:00:00Z

Greek civil wars of 1823–1825 1823

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Spartan–Argive wars -800

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Spartan–Tegean wars -600

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Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
war	1423	1423 Morea expedition	military expedition, Byzantine–Ottoman War of 1421–1424		Wikidata
war	1823	Greek civil wars of 1823–1825	civil war, Greek War of Independence		Wikidata
war	800	Spartan–Argive wars	series of wars		Wikidata
war	600	Spartan–Tegean wars	series of wars		Wikidata

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