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The siege of Athens and Piraeus was a siege of the First Mithridatic War that took place from autumn of 87 BC to the spring of 86 BC. [5] The battle was fought between the forces of the Roman Republic, commanded by Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix on the one hand, and the forces of the Kingdom of Pontus and the Athenian City-State on the other.
The siege of Athens lasted through 287 BC when the city was put under siege by King Demetrius I of Macedon. Athens revolted in that year against Demetrius' rule and elected Olympiodorus as strategos. Olympiodorus raised a force among the Athenian citizens, including old men and children, and attacked the Macedonian garrison that had retreated ...
The siege of Athens can refer to any of the following battles: Persian sack of Athens (480 BC) - Amid which the Persians besieged a group of holdouts in the Acropolis; Siege of Athens (404 BC) - Last battle in the Peloponnesian War; Siege of Athens (287 BC) - Siege by Demetrius I of Macedon
Sulla's army took Athens on the Kalends of March, [24] in the consulship of Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Cinna, February 12, 86 BC. The siege of Athens was a long and brutal campaign, and Sulla's rough battle-hardened legions, veterans of the Social War, thoroughly besieged and stormed Athens.
Siege of Athens and Piraeus (87–86 BC) Siege of Athens (287 BC) C. Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC) Siege of Citium; Battle of Coronea (447 BC) Battle of Crannon; D.
The siege of Melos occurred in 416 BC during the Peloponnesian War, which was a war fought between Athens and Sparta. Melos is an island in the Aegean Sea roughly 110 kilometres (68 miles) east of mainland Greece .
Siege of Athens and Piraeus (87–86 BC) Siege of the Acropolis (1687) Siege of the Acropolis (1821–1822) Siege of the Acropolis (1826–1827)
Siege of Athens (287 BC) Siege of Athens and Piraeus (87–86 BC) B. Siege of Bactra; Battle of Eryx; C. Siege of Cyzicus; E. Siege of Eucratideia; G. Siege of ...