Battle of Delium

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battle military conflict

The Battle of Delium was a significant engagement of the Peloponnesian War in 424 BC, where Boeotian forces decisively defeated the Athenians near the sanctuary of Apollo at Delium.

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Battle of Delium canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
associatedCityState Thebes ⓘ
associatedRegion Boeotia ⓘ
belligerent Athens ⓘ
Boeotian League ⓘ
casualties heavy Athenian losses ⓘ
century 5th century BC ⓘ
combatant Athenian forces ⓘ
Athens ⓘ
Boeotia ⓘ
Boeotians ⓘ
surface form: Boeotian forces
commander Hippocrates of Athens ⓘ
Pagondas of Thebes ⓘ
conflict Peloponnesian War ⓘ
country Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
date 424 BC ⓘ
describedIn History of the Peloponnesian War ⓘ
era Classical Greece ⓘ
followedBy later phases of the Archidamian War ⓘ
hasTopic Athenian–Boeotian relations ⓘ
Greek hoplite warfare ⓘ
Peloponnesian War campaigns in central Greece ⓘ
historicalSignificance major Athenian defeat in the Archidamian War phase ⓘ
location Boeotia ⓘ
Ascra ⓘ
surface form: Delium

sanctuary of Apollo at Delium ⓘ
notableParticipant Alcibiades ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ
opponentCommander Hippocrates of Athens ⓘ
Pagondas of Thebes ⓘ
outcome decisive Boeotian victory ⓘ
partOf Peloponnesian War ⓘ
phaseOf Archidamian War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Amphipolis ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Amphipolis (424 BC campaign context is debated)
primarySourceAuthor Thucydides ⓘ
religiousContext violation of sanctuary of Apollo at Delium was an issue in aftermath ⓘ
religiousSiteInvolved sanctuary of Apollo at Delium ⓘ
result Boeotian victory ⓘ
side Athenian army ⓘ
Boeotian army ⓘ
strategicContext Athenian offensive into Boeotia ⓘ
tacticalInnovation use of an early flamethrower-like device by Boeotians (according to some accounts) ⓘ
theaterOfWar Boeotia ⓘ
typeOfEngagement hoplite battle ⓘ
year 424 BC ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Athenian army → foughtIn → Battle of Delium ⓘ
Boeotia → siteOf → Battle of Delium ⓘ
Archidamian War → majorBattle → Battle of Delium ⓘ
Boeotians → foughtIn → Battle of Delium ⓘ
Battle of Amphipolis → precededBy → Battle of Delium ⓘ
Boeotian League → foughtBattle → Battle of Delium ⓘ
sanctuary of Apollo at Delium → knownFor → Battle of Delium ⓘ
sanctuary of Apollo at Delium → associatedEvent → Battle of Delium ⓘ
Boeotian army → participatedIn → Battle of Delium ⓘ
Pagondas of Thebes → militaryConflict → Battle of Delium ⓘ
Peloponnesian War campaigns in central Greece → notableEngagement → Battle of Delium ⓘ
Nician Peace → chronologicallyFollows → Battle of Delium ⓘ