capture of Eion

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The capture of Eion was a 5th-century BCE Athenian military operation led by the general Cimon in which the city of Eion on the Strymon River was seized from Persian control, marking an early success of the Delian League.

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instanceOf battle of the Greco-Persian Wars
military operation
siege
after Greco-Persian Wars
surface form: Persian Wars
associatedWith Athenian imperial expansion
Delian League
before Athenian campaigns in Thrace
Athenian conquest of Scyros
belligerent Achaemenid Empire
Athens
Delian League
commander Cimon
conflictType siege
countryAtTimeOfEvent Achaemenid Empire
describedIn ancient Greek historiography
hasParticipant Achaemenid Empire
Cimon
Classical Athens
Delian League
siege of Eion
surface form: Persian garrison at Eion
historicalEra Classical Greece
ledBy Cimon
location Eion
Strymonas River
surface form: Strymon River

Thrace
northern Aegean region
notableFor consolidation of Delian League influence
early assertion of Athenian naval power in the Aegean
removal of a Persian stronghold in Thrace
partOf Greco-Persian Wars
early campaigns of the Delian League
relatedTo Cimon
Eion
Strymonas River
surface form: Strymon River
result Athenian victory
Eion brought under Athenian control
early success of the Delian League
expulsion of Persian forces from Eion
side Athens
Achaemenid Empire
surface form: Persian Empire
strategicImportance control of access to Thracian hinterland
control of trade routes along the Strymon River
securing grain and raw materials from Thrace
timePeriod 5th century BCE

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Cimon notableWork capture of Eion