Lelantine War
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The Lelantine War was an early ancient Greek conflict, traditionally dated to the 8th–7th centuries BCE, fought primarily between the city-states of Chalcis and Eretria over control of the fertile Lelantine Plain on Euboea.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek war
ⓘ
inter-polis conflict ⓘ |
| chronologicallyPrecedes |
Peloponnesian War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Persian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictBetween |
Chalcis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eretria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictOver | Lelantine Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictType | land and sea war ⓘ |
| hasAllyOf |
Chalcis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eretria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCause |
competition for regional hegemony in Euboea
ⓘ
control of fertile agricultural land ⓘ |
| hasContext |
early development of Greek interstate warfare
ⓘ
expansion of Greek trade networks ⓘ rise of hoplite phalanx ⓘ |
| hasDisputedAspect |
identity of all allied city-states
ⓘ
number and sequence of campaigns ⓘ |
| hasEconomicMotivation |
control of agricultural production
ⓘ
control of trade routes in central Aegean ⓘ |
| hasEndTime | 7th century BCE ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
involvement of multiple Greek poleis as allies
ⓘ
naval engagements in the Aegean Sea ⓘ use of hoplite warfare in early form ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | Lelantine Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOutcome |
decline of Chalcis
ⓘ
decline of Eretria ⓘ shift in balance of power among Greek city-states ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Chalcis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eretria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResult | no clear long-term hegemon on Euboea ⓘ |
| hasStartTime | 8th century BCE ⓘ |
| hasUncertainty |
details of battles are poorly attested
ⓘ
exact dates are unknown ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Euboea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheater | Lelantine Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Herodotus
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ⓘ
Thucydides NERFINISHED ⓘ later ancient writers and scholiasts ⓘ |
| partOf | Archaic period of Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Greek political history
ⓘ
ancient military history ⓘ classical studies ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Archaic Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalDateRange | 8th–7th centuries BCE ⓘ |
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