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Battle of Oenophyta

Date	457 BC
Location	Oenophyta
Result	Athenian victory

Belligerents

Athens

Boeotian city-states

Commanders

Myronides

Unknown

Strength

Unknown

Casualties and losses

Unknown

The Battle of Oenophyta took place between Athens and the Boeotian city-states in 457 BC during the First Peloponnesian War. The First Peloponnesian War ( 460 BC - circa 445 BC) was fought between Sparta as the leaders of the Peloponnesian League and Sparta's other allies Events By place Persian empire Artaxerxes I decrees that the city government of Jerusalem shall be re-established (see Ezra 7 The Battle of Oenophyta took place between Athens and the Boeotian City-states in 457 BC during the First Peloponnesian War. Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's Boeotia, Beotia, or Bœotia ( Greek: Βοιωτία - English biːˈoʊʃiə formerly Cadmeis was a region of Ancient Greece, north of the A city-state is a Region controlled exclusively by a City, usually having Sovereignty. Myronides was an Athenian general in 458 BCE when he defeated the Corinthians at Megara, and again in 457 BCE when he defeated the Boeotians Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's Boeotia, Beotia, or Bœotia ( Greek: Βοιωτία - English biːˈoʊʃiə formerly Cadmeis was a region of Ancient Greece, north of the A city-state is a Region controlled exclusively by a City, usually having Sovereignty. Events By place Persian empire Artaxerxes I decrees that the city government of Jerusalem shall be re-established (see Ezra 7 The First Peloponnesian War ( 460 BC - circa 445 BC) was fought between Sparta as the leaders of the Peloponnesian League and Sparta's other allies

In this period between the Persian Wars and the Peloponnesian War, alliances and leagues sprang up and collapsed, although there was very little prolonged warfare. In 457 Athens, the leader of the Delian League, came into conflict with Corinth and their ally Sparta (leader of the Peloponnesian League) over Megara; two months prior to the Battle of Oenophyta, the Athenians were defeated at the Battle of Tanagra by Sparta, but Sparta had lost so many men that they could not take advantage of their victory. The Delian League was an association of approximately 150 5th-century BC Greek City-states under the leadership of Athens, whose purpose was to continue Corinth, or Korinth ( Greek Κόρινθος ( is a city in Greece. The city of Sparta ( Doric Σπάρτα Attic Σπάρτη The Peloponnesian League was an alliance of states in the Peloponnese in the 6th and 5th centuries BC. Megara ( Greek:, "Big Houses" is an ancient city (pop There was a later battle at Tanagra during the Peloponnesian War; see Battle of Tanagra (426 BC.

The Athenians, who had 14,000 men at Tanagra, regrouped after that battle and marched into Boeotia. Boeotia, Beotia, or Bœotia ( Greek: Βοιωτία - English biːˈoʊʃiə formerly Cadmeis was a region of Ancient Greece, north of the At Oenophyta, led by Myronides they defeated the Boeotians, and then destroyed the walls of Tanagra and ravaged Locria and Phocis. The Battle of Oenophyta took place between Athens and the Boeotian City-states in 457 BC during the First Peloponnesian War. Myronides was an Athenian general in 458 BCE when he defeated the Corinthians at Megara, and again in 457 BCE when he defeated the Boeotians The Tanager Genus Tangara is often misunderstood to be "Tanagra" Phocis ( Greek, Modern: Φωκίδα foˈkiða Ancient / Katharevousa: Φωκίς foˈkis is an ancient district and a modern prefecture Their victory at Oenophyta allowed Athens to defeat Aegina later in the year, and to finish the construction of the Long Walls to the Athenian port of Piraeus (an action opposed by Sparta). Aegina ( Greek: Αίγινα ( Egina) is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, 17 miles (30 km from Long Walls ( Μακρά Τείχη) in Ancient Greece, were walls built from a city to its port providing a secure connection to the sea even during times of siege Piraeus (pɪˈræʊs Πειραιάς, piɾeˈas Πειραιεύς, piɾeˈefs is a city in the periphery of Attica, Greece, and a

Athens remained in control of Boeotia until 447 BC, when they were defeated at the Battle of Coronea. Events By place Greece Pericles leads Athenian forces in the expulsion of barbarians from the Thracian peninsula of The Battle of Coronea took place between the Athenian -led Delian League and the Boeotian League in 447 BC during the First Peloponnesian

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