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.

Statements (46)

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 → Boeotian forces →
commander	Hippocrates of Athens → Pagondas of Thebes →
conflict	Peloponnesian War →
country	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 → 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 (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 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Athenian army → Boeotians →	foughtIn
Archidamian War →	majorBattle
Battle of Amphipolis →	precededBy
Boeotia →	siteOf