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This is a list of known wars, conflicts, battles/sieges, missions and operations involving ancient Greek city states and kingdoms, Magna Graecia, other Greek colonies (First Greek colonisation, Second Greek colonisation, Greeks in pre-Roman Crimea, Greeks in pre-Roman Gaul, Greeks in Egypt, Greeks in Syria, Greeks in Malta), Greek Kingdoms of Hellenistic period, Indo-Greek Kingdom, Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, Byzantine Empire/ Byzantine Greeks, Byzantine Greek successor states of the Byzantine Empire, Kingdom of Greece and the Third Hellenic Republic between 3000 BC and the present day. It is not exhaustive.

Bronze Age, Aegean civilizations

Mycenaean Period

War	Start of the war	Finish of the war	Notes
Trojan War	ca. 1194 BC	ca. 1184 BC	The years the war took place are unknown, as a result several dates are given. The poet Homer wrote about this war in his epic poem Iliad.

Ancient Greece

Dark Ages

War	Start of the war	Finish of the war	Notes
Dorian invasion	?	?	This is when the mysterious Dorians invaded Greece. This is why it is named Dorian invasion. It is still unknown what the Dorians' real name is. This is not classified as a war but it was still important in the Greeks' history.

Archaic period

War	Start of the war	Finish of the war	Battle/siege	Year of battle/siege
First Messenian War^[1]	743 BC	724 BC
Lelantine War	710 BC	650 BC
Meliac war	690 BC (?)	670 BC (?)
Second Messenian War	685 BC	668 BC	Battle of Deres
Second Messenian War	685 BC	668 BC	Battle of the Great Foss	682 BC
Argos against Sparta			Battle of Hysiae	669 BC
Greco-Punic Wars	580 BC	307 BC
First Sacred War	595 BC	585 BC	Siege of Kirrha	585 BC
Arcadia against Sparta			Battle of the Fetters	550 BC
Argos against Sparta			Battle of Champions/ Battle of Thyrea	546 BC
Pisistratus against Athens			Battle of Pallene	546 BC
Phocaeans against Etruscans and Carthaginians			Battle of Alalia	Sometime between 540 BC and 535 BC

Classical Period

5th century BC

War	Start of the war	Finish of the war	Name of conflict	Start of the conflict	Finish of the conflict	Battle/siege	Years of battle / siege
Greco-Persian Wars	499 BC	449 BC				Siege of Naxos	499 BCE
			Ionian Revolt	499 BC	493 BC	Siege of Sardis	498 BCE
						Battle of Ephesus	498 BC
						Revolts at Cyprus	498–497 BC
						Battle of Marsyas	496 BC
						Battle of Labraunda	496 BC
						Battle of Pedasus	496 BC
						Battle of Lade	494 BC
						Battle of Miletus	494 BC
						Battle of Chios	493 BC
						Battle of Malene	493 BC
			First Persian invasion of Greece	492 BC	490 BC	Siege of Lindos	490 BC
						Siege of Naxos	490 BC
						Siege of Karystos	490 BC
						Siege of Eretria	490 BC
						Battle of Marathon	490 BC
			Second Persian invasion of Greece	480 BC	479 BC	Battle of Thermopylae	480 BC
						Battle of Artemisium	480 BC
						Battle of Salamis	480 BC
						Siege of Potidea	480 BC
						Siege of Olynthus	479 BCE
						Battle of Plataea	479 BC
						Battle of Mycale	479 BC
			Greek counterattack	479 BC	478 BC	Siege of Sestos	479 BC-478 BC
			Greek counterattack	479 BC	478 BC	Siege of Byzantium	478 BC
			Wars of the Delian League	477 BC	449 BC	Siege of Eion	477–476 BC or 476–475 BC
						Battle of the Eurymedon	466 BC
						Battle of Papremis	460 BC
						Siege of Memphis	459–455 BC
						Siege of Prosopitis	455 BC
						Battle of Mendesium	455 BC
						Siege of Kition	450 BC
						Battle of Salamis	450 BC
Greco-Punic Wars	580 BCE	306 BCE	First Sicilian War	480 BC	480 BC	Battle of Himera	480 BC
			Second Sicilian War	410 BC	404 BC	Battle of Selinus	409 BCE
						Second Battle of Himera	409 BC
						Siege of Akragas	406 BC
						Battle of Gela	405 BC
						Sack of Camarina	405 BC
Delian League against Greek states (Before the First Peloponnesian War)	476 BC	460 BC				Attack on Skyros	476 BC or 475 BC
						Attack on Naxos	c. 471 BC
			Thasian rebellion	465 BC	465 BC	Siege of Thasos	465 BC
Cleomenes I against Argos						Battle of Sepeia	494 BC
Syracuse and Cumae against Etruscans						Battle of Cumae	474 BC
First Peloponnesian War	460 BC	445 BC				Battle of Aegina	458 BC
						Battle of Tanagra	457 BC
						Battle of Oenophyta	457 BC
			Second Sacred War	449 BC	448 BC	Battle of Delphi
						Battle of Coronea	447 BC
Samian War	440 BC	439 BC
Battles which led to the Peloponnesian War						Battle of Sybota	433 BC
Battles which led to the Peloponnesian War						Battle of Potidaea	432 BC
Peloponnesian War	431 BC	404 BC	Archidamian War	431 BC	421 BC	Battle of Spartolos	429 BC
						Siege of Plataea	429–427 BC
						Battle of Naupactus	429 BC
						Battle of Rhium	429 BC
						Mytilenean revolt	428–427 BC
						Battle of Tanagra	426 BC
						Aetolian campaign	426 BC
						Battle of Olpae	426 BC
						Battle of Idomene	426 BC
						Battle of Delium	424 BC
						Battle of Megara	424 BC
						Battle of Pylos	425 BC
						Battle of Sphacteria	425 BC
						Battle of Amphipolis	422 BC
			The years after the "Peace of Nicias"	420 BC	415 BC	Battle of Mantinea	418 BC
						Battle of Hysiae	417 BC
						Battle of Orneae	417 BC
						Battle of Melos	416 BC
			Sicilian Expedition	415 BC	413 BC	Attack on Hyccara	415 BCE
			Sicilian Expedition	415 BC	413 BC	Battle of Syracuse	415 BCE-413 BC
			Decelean / Ionian War	413 BC	404 BC	Siege of Miletus	412 BC
						Battle of Panormus	412 BC
						Battle of Miletus	412 BC
						Battle of Eretria	411 BC
						Battle of Syme	411 BC
						Battle of Cynossema	411 BC
						Battle of Cyzicus	410 BC
						Battle of Abydos	410 BC
						Siege of Chalcedon	408 BC
						Siege of Byzantium	408 BC
						Battle of Notium	407 BC
						Battle of Mytilene	406 BC
						Battle of Notium	406 BC
						Battle of Arginusae	406 BC
						Battle of Aegospotami	405 BC
Phyle Campaign	404 BC	403 BC				Battle of Phyle	404 BC
						Battle of Munichia	404 BC or 403 BC
						Battle of Piraeus	403 BC
Elean War	c. 401 BC	c. 399 BC

Notes	Battle	Year of battle
In these battles was not a Greek State, but a large army of Greek mercenaries that helped the Cyrus the Younger. Xenophon wrote about this army of Greek mercenaries, in his work Anabasis.	Battle of Cunaxa	401 BC
	Battles between the Ten Thousand and the Persian army during their route back to Greece.	401–399 BC

4th century BC

War	Start of the war	Finish of the war	Name of conflict	Start of the conflict	Finish of the conflict	Battle/siege	Year of battle
Greco-Punic Wars	580 BC	306 BC	Third Sicilian War	398 BC	392 BC	Siege of Motya	398 BC
						Siege of Segesta	398–397 BC
						Battle of Messene	397 BC
						Battle of Catana	397 BC
						Siege of Syracuse	397 BC
						Siege of Tauromenium	394 BC
						Battle of Abacaenum	393 BC
						Battle of Chrysas	392 BC
Spartan-Persian War	396 BC	394 BC				Battle of Sardis	395 BC
Corinthian War	395 BC	386 BC				Battle of Haliartus	395 BC
						Battle of Coronea	394 BC
						Battle of Cnidus	394 BC
						Battle of Nemea	394 BC
						Battle of Lechaeum	391 BC
Bosporan–Sindian War	389 BC	380 BC				Battle of Labrytae	c. 380 BC
Bosporan–Heracleote War	389 BC	360 BC				Siege of Theodosia	389 BC
						Siege of Theodosia	c. 365 BC
						Siege of Theodosia	c. 360 BC
Dionysius I's battles						Battle of the Elleporus	389 BC
Dionysius I's battles						Siege of Rhegium	386 BC
Greco-Punic Wars	580 BC	306 BC	Fourth Sicilian War	383 BC	376 BC	Battle of Cabala	c. 379 BC
			Fourth Sicilian War	383 BC	376 BC	Battle of Cronium	c. 376 BC
			Fifth Sicilian War	368 BC	367 BC	Siege of Lilybaeum	368 BC
Theban–Spartan War	378 BC	362 BC	Boeotian War	378 BC	371 BC	Battle of Naxos	376 BC
			Boeotian War	378 BC	371 BC	Battle of Tegyra	375 BC
			Wars of the Theban hegemony	371 BC	362 BC	Battle of Leuctra	371 BC
						Battle of Cynoscephalae	364 BC
						Battle of Mantinea	362 BC
Philip II's campaigns	359 BC	336 BC				Battle of Methone	359 BC
						Battle of Erigon Valley	358 BC
						Siege of Amphipolis	357 BC
						Siege of Pydna	357 BC or 356 BC
						Siege of Potidea	356 BC
						Siege of Methone	355–354 BC or 354–353 BC
			Third Sacred War	356 BC	346 BC	Battle of Crocus Field	353 or 352 BC
			Olynthian War	349 BC	348 BC
						Siege of Perinthus	340–339 BC
						Siege of Byzantion	340 BC
			Fourth Sacred War	339 BC	338 BC	Battle of Chaeronea	338 BC
Social War	357 BC	355 BC				Battle of Embata	356 BC
Third Sacred War	356 BC	346 BC				Battle of Delphi	356 BC
						Battle of Neon	355 BC
						Battle of Crocus Field	353 BC

						Battle of Thermopylae	352 BC
Battle of Tamynae	350 BC
Foreign War	346 BC	343 BC				Siege of Lyttos	346 BC
Foreign War	346 BC	343 BC
Siege of Kydonia	343 BC
Greco–Punic Wars	580 BC	307 BC	Sixth Sicilian War	345 BC	339 BC	Siege of Syracuse	344–343 BC
Greco–Punic Wars	580 BC	307 BC	Sixth Sicilian War	345 BC	339 BC
Battle of the Crimissus	339 BC
Alexander the Great's Balkan campaign	335 BC	335 BC				Siege of Pelium	335 BC
Alexander the Great's Balkan campaign	335 BC	335 BC
Battle of Thebes	335 BC
Alexander the Great's campaign in Asia	334 BC	323 BC	Persian campaign			Battle of the Granicus	334 BC

						Siege of Miletus	334 BC

						Siege of Halicarnassus	334 BC

						Battle of Issus	333 BC

						Siege of Tyre	332 BC

						Siege of Gaza	332 BC

			Battle of Gaugamela	331 BC

			Battle of the Persian Gate	331 BC
Battle of Jaxartes	329 BC
Battle of Gabai	328 BC
Siege of the Sogdian Rock	327 BC
Indian campaign			Cophen Campaign	327–326 BC

			Siege of Aornos	326 BC

Battle of the Hydaspes	326 BC
Mallian Campaign	326–325 BC
Sparta against Macedon						Battle of Megalopolis	331 BC
Epirus against Italic tribes						Battle of Pandosia	331 BC

Hellenistic Period

( * ) The Kingdom of Pergamon helped the Roman Republic.

War	Start of the war	End of the war	Name of the conflict	Start of the conflict	End of the conflict	Name of battle / siege	Years of battle / siege
Lamian War	323 BC	322 BC				Battle of Plataea	323 BC

						Battle of Thermopylae	323 BC

						Siege of Lamia	323–322 BC

						Battle of the Echinades	322 BC
Battle of Melitaea	322 BC
Battle of Amorgos	322 BC
Battle of Crannon	322 BC
Wars of the Diadochi	322 BC	281 BC	First War of the Diadochi	322 BC	320 BC	Battle of the Hellespont	321 BC

			Second War of the Diadochi	319 BC	315 BC	Battle of Paraitakene	317 BC

						Battle of Gabiene	316 BC

			Siege of Pydna	317–316 or 315 BC

			Third War of the Diadochi	314 BC	311 BC	Battle of Gaza	312 BC

			Babylonian War	311 BC	309 BC
Fourth War of the Diadochi	308 BC	301 BC	Battle of Salamis	306 BC

			Siege of Rhodes	305–304 BC
Battle of Ipsus	301 BC
The struggle over Macedon	298 BC	284 BC
The struggle of Lysimachus and Seleucus	284 BC	281 BC	Battle of Corupedium	281 BC
Greco–Punic Wars	580 BC	306 BC	Seventh Sicilian War	311 BC	306 BC	Battle of Himera	311 BC

						Siege of Syracuse	311–309 BC

Agathocles' expedition to Africa	310–307 BC
Battle of White Tunis	310 BC
Seleucid–Mauryan War	305 BC	303 BC
Boeotian revolt						Siege of Thebes	292–291 BC
Wars of Pyrrhus	292 BC	272 BC	Invasion of Thessaly	292 BC

			Pyrrhic War	280 BC	275 BC	Battle of Heraclea	280 BC

						Battle of Asculum	279 BC

						Siege of Syracuse	278 BC

						Siege of Lilybaeum	278 BC

Battle of the Cranita hills	277 BC
Battle of the Strait of Messina	276 BC
Battle of Beneventum	275 BC
Pyrrhus's invasion of the Peloponnese	272 BC	272 BC	Siege of Sparta	272 BC
Pyrrhus's invasion of the Peloponnese	272 BC	272 BC
Battle of Argos	272 BC
Damascene War	280 BC	279 BC
Gallic invasions of Greece	280 BC	275 BC				Battle of Thermopylae	279 BC
Gallic invasions of Greece	280 BC	275 BC				Battle of Delphi	279 BC
Syrian Wars	274 BC	168 BC	First Syrian War	274 BC	271 BC
			Second Syrian War	260 BC	253 BC

			Third Syrian War	246 BC	241 BC	Battle of Andros	246 BC

			Fourth Syrian War	219 BC	217 BC	Battle of Raphia	217 BC
Fifth Syrian War	202 BC	195 BC	Battle of Panium	200 BC
Sixth Syrian War	170 BC	168 BC
Chremonidean War	267 BC	261 BC
Antigonid Macedonia against Ptolemaic Egypt						Battle of Cos	Within the period 262–256 BC
Seleucid Empire civil war						Battle of Ancyra	237 BC
Seleucid–Parthian wars	238 BC	129 BC				Parni conquest of Parthia	238 BC
Seleucid–Parthian wars	238 BC	129 BC				Battle of Ecbatana	129 BC
Seleucid Empire against the Attalid kingdom						Battle of the Harpasus	229 BC
Illyrian Wars	229 BC	168 BC				Battle of Paxos	229 BC
Cleomenean War	229/228 BC	222 BC				Battle of Ladoceia	227 BC

						Battle of Dyme	226 BC
Battle of Sellasia	222 BC
Lyttian War	c. 220 BC	c. 216 BC
Social War	220 BC	217 BC
Second Punic War	218 BC	201 BC				Siege of Syracuse	214–212 BC
Macedonian Wars	214 BC	148 BC	First Macedonian War	214 BC	205 BC	First Battle of Lamia	209 BC

						Second Battle of Lamia	209 BC

			Battle of Mantinea	207 BC

			Second Macedonian War	200 BC	197 BC	Battle of Cynoscephalae	197 BC
Third Macedonian War	171 BC	168 BC	Battle of Callinicus	171 BC
Third Macedonian War	171 BC	168 BC
Battle of Pydna	168 BC
Fourth Macedonian War	150 BC	148 BC	Battle of Pydna	148 BC
Seleucid Empire against the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom	208 BC	206 BC				Battle of the Arius	208 BC
Seleucid Empire against the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom	208 BC	206 BC
Siege of Bactra	208–206 BC
Cretan War	205 BC	200 BC				Battle of Chios	201 BC
Cretan War	205 BC	200 BC
Battle of Lade	201 BC
War against Nabis/ Laconian War	195 BC	195 BC				Battle of Gythium	195 BC
War against Nabis/ Laconian War	195 BC	195 BC
Siege of Sparta	195 BC
Roman–Seleucid War	192 BC	188 BC				Battle of Thermopylae	191 BC

						Battle of Magnesia	190 BC

						Battle of the Eurymedon	190 BC
Battle of Myonessus	190 BC
Battle of Magnesia	190 BC
Galatian War *	189 BC	189 BC				Battle of Mount Olympus	189 BC
Maccabean Revolt	167 BC	160 BC				Battle of Wadi Haramia	167 BC

						Battle of Beth Horon	166 BC

						Battle of Emmaus	166 BC

						Battle of Beth Zur	164 BC

Battle of Dathema	163 BC
Battle of Beth Zechariah	162 BC
Battle of Adasa	161 BC
Battle of Elasa	160 BC
Seleucid Dynastic Wars	157 BC	63 BC
Achaean War	146 BC	146 BC				Battle of Scarpheia	146 BC
Achaean War	146 BC	146 BC
Battle of Corinth	146 BC
Seleucid Empire against Ptolemaic Egypt						Battle of Antioch	145 BC
War of the Heavenly Horses	104 BC	101 BC
Seleucid Empire against the Nabataean Kingdom						Battle of Cana	84 BC

Medieval Greece

Byzantine period and Frankokratia

In 330, Constantine the Great moved the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Constantinople. The Eastern part of the Roman Empire was already heavily Hellenized.

330–628

War	Start of the war	Finish of the war	Name of conflict	Start of the conflict	Finish of the conflict	Battle/ Siege	Years of Battle/ Siege
Byzantine–Sasanian wars	421	628	War of 421–422	421	422

			War of 440	440	440

			Anastasian War	502	506	Siege of Amida	502–503

			Iberian War	526	532	Battle of Dara	530
			Iberian War	526	532
			Battle of Callinicum	531

			Lazic War	541	562

			War of 572–591	572	592	Battle of Melitene	576

						Battle of Solachon	586

						Battle of Martyropolis	588

Battle of Sisauranon	589
Battle of Blarathon	592
War of 602–628	602	628	Sasanian invasion of Armenia	603–610
			Battle of Antioch	613

			Jewish revolt	614–628

			Sasanian conquest of Egypt	618–621

Heraclius' Anatolian campaign	622
Siege of Constantinople	626
Battle of Nineveh	627
Samaritan Revolts	484	572
Nika riots	532	532
Justinian's wars of Reconquest	533	554

			Vandalic War	533	534	Battle of Ad Decimum	533
			Vandalic War	533	534
			Battle of Tricamarum	533

			Byzantine–Moorish wars	533	548	Ambush of Aigan and Rufinus	534

						Aurès campaign	539–540

			Battle of Sufetula	546 or 547

Gothic War	535	554	Siege of Panormus	535

			Siege of Naples	536

			Siege of Rome	537–538

Siege of Rome	549–550
Battle of Taginae	552
Battle of Mons Lactarius	552

629–1204

War	Start of the war	Finish of the war	Name of conflict	Start of the conflict	Finish of the conflict	Battle/ Siege	Years of Battle/ Siege
Arab–Byzantine wars	629	1054				Siege of Damascus (634)	634
						Battle of Yarmouk	636
						Siege of Constantinople	674–678

						Siege of Constantinople	717-718

						Siege of Nicaea	727

			Battle of Akroinon	740
			Sack of Amorium	838

			Battle of Lalakaon	863

			John Kourkouas' Mesopotamian campaign	942	944

						Siege of Chandax	960–961

			Siege of Antioch	968–969

Syrian campaigns of John Tzimiskes	974	975	Battle of Alexandretta	971

			Battle of Amida	972
Siege of Tripoli	975
Campaigns of Basil II	994	999	Battle of the Orontes	994

			Siege of Aleppo	994–995

Battle of Apamea	998
Siege of Tripoli	999
			Battle of Azaz	1030
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars	680	1355				Battle of Ongal	680

						Battle of Anchialus	708

						Battle of Marcellae	756

						Battle of Marcellae	792

						Siege of Serdica	809

			Battle of Pliska	811

			Battle of Versinikia	813

			Siege of Constantinople	813

			Siege of Adrianople	813

			Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 894–896	894	896	Battle of Boulgarophygon	896

			Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 913–927	913	927	Battle of Achelous	917

						Battle of Pegae	921

			Battle of Constantinople	922
Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria	968	1018	Fall of Great Preslav	971

			Battle of the Gates of Trajan	986

			Battle of Spercheios	997
Battle of Kleidion	1014
Battle of Dyrrhachium	1018
Uprising of Peter Delyan	1040	1041	First Battle of Thessalonica	1040

			Second Battle of Thessalonica	1040
Battle of Ostrovo	1041
Uprising of Georgi Voyteh	1072	1073
Uprising of Asen and Peter	1185	1187
			Battle of Klokotnitsa	1230

Battle of Rusokastro	1332
Revolt of Bardanes Tourkos	803	803
Siege of Patras (805 or 807)	805 or 807	805 or 807
Revolt of Thomas the Slav	821	823				Siege of Constantinople	821–822
Rus'–Byzantine Wars			Paphlagonian expedition of the Rus'	c. 830	c. 830

			Rus'–Byzantine War	860	860

			Rus'–Byzantine War	907	907

			Rus'–Byzantine War	941	944

			Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria	967/968	971	Battle of Silistra	968

Battle of Arcadiopolis	970
Siege of Dorostolon	971
Rus'–Byzantine War	1024	1024	Battle of Lemnos	1024
Rus'–Byzantine War	1043	1043
Byzantine–Georgian wars	1014	1051				Battle of Shirimni	1021
Byzantine–Georgian wars	1014	1051
Battle of Sasireti	1042
Revolt of Leo Tornikios	1047	1047				Siege of Constantinople	1047
Byzantine–Seljuk wars	1048	1308				Battle of Kapetron	1048

			Alp Arslan's raids into Anatolia	1063	1070

						Battle of Manzikert	1071

						Siege of Nicaea	1097

						Battle of Myriokephalon	1176

Battle of Hyelion and Leimocheir	1177
Siege of Trebizond	1205–1206
Battle of Antioch on the Meander	1211
Siege of Sinope	1214
Nicaean–Seljuk war (1225–1231)	1225	1231
Byzantine–Norman wars	1040	1189				Siege of Bari	1068–1071

			First Norman Invasion of the Balkans	1081	1085	Battle of Dyrrhachium	1081

			Byzantine–Norman war (1147–1149)	1147	1149

			Battle of Brindisi	1156
Third Norman invasion of the Balkans	1185	1186	Sack of Thessalonica	1185
Third Norman invasion of the Balkans	1185	1186
Battle of Demetritzes	1185
Byzantine–Hungarian Wars			Hungarian invasions of Europe	c. 800	970	Battle of W.l.n.d.r	934

			Byzantine–Hungarian War (1071–1072)	1071	1072	Siege of Belgrade	1071

			Byzantine–Hungarian War (1127–1129)	1127	1129	Battle of Haram	1128

			Byzantine–Hungarian War (1149–1155)	1149	1155	Serbian revolt	1149–1150
			Byzantine–Hungarian War (1149–1155)	1149	1155
Siege of Braničevo	1154
Byzantine–Hungarian War (1162–1167)	1162	1167	Battle of Sirmium	1167
Byzantine–Hungarian War (1180–1185)	1180	1185
Rebellion of Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder	1077	1078				Battle of Kalavrye	1078
First Crusade	1096	1099				Siege of Nicaea	1097
Second Crusade	1147	1149				Battle of Constantinople	1047
Fourth Crusade	1202	1204				First siege of Constantinople	1203
Fourth Crusade	1202	1204				Second siege of Constantinople	1204

1205–1461

War	Start of the war	Finish of the war	Name of conflict	Start of the conflict	Finish of the conflict	Battle/ Siege	Years of Battle/ Siege
Nicaean–Latin wars						Battle of the Olive Grove of Koundouros	1205

						Battle of Adramyttium	1205

						Battle of the Rhyndacus	1211

						Battle of Poimanenon	1223 or 1224

						Siege of Constantinople	1235

						Siege of Rhodes	1248–1249 or 1250

						Battle of Pelagonia	1259

						Siege of Constantinople	1260

			Reconquest of Constantinople	1261

Battle of Prinitza	1263
Battle of Settepozzi	1263
Battle of Makryplagi	1263 or 1264
Battle of Neopatras	Between 1272 and 1275
Battle of Demetrias	Between 1272 and 1275
Battle of Pharsalus	1277
Siege of Berat	1280–1281
Byzantine–Genoese War	1348	1349
			Battle of the Echinades	1427
Byzantine–Ottoman wars	1299	1453				Battle of Bapheus	1302
			Catalan campaign in Asia Minor	1303	1313
						Siege of Bursa	1326
						Siege of Nicaea	1328–1331
						Battle of Pelekanon	1329
						Siege of Nicomedia	1333–1337

						Battle of Adrianople	1365
						Siege of Philadelphia	1390
						Siege of Constantinople	1422
						Siege of Thessalonica	1422–1430
			Siege of Constantinople	1453
			Ottoman conquest of the Morea	1458	1460
			Siege of Trebizond	1460–1461
Byzantines against the Catalan Company						Battle of Apros	1305
Byzantine civil war	1321	1328
Byzantine civil war	1341	1347
Revolt of the Zealots of Thessalonica	1342	1350
Byzantine civil war	1352	1357
Revolt of Saint Titus	1363	1368
Byzantine civil war	1373	1379
Morea revolt	1453	1454

Modern Era

Ottoman Greece

1461–1799

( * ) Greeks helped the Christian armies.
( ** ) Greeks helped the Russian army.

By the start of the 16th century, most of modern day Greece was ruled by the Ottoman empire. Holdouts included Rhodes, conquered in 1522, Cyprus in 1571, Crete, retained by the Venetians until 1669, and the Ionian islands which remained primarily under the rule of the Republic of Venice.

War	Start of the war	Finish of the war	Name of conflict	Start of the conflict	Finish of the conflict	Battle/siege	Years of Battle / siege
Ottoman–Venetian Wars *	1463	1718	First Ottoman–Venetian War	1463	1479

			Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War	1570	1573	Battle of Lepanto	1571

Fifth Ottoman–Venetian War / Cretan War	1645	1669
Sixth Ottoman–Venetian War / Morean War	1684	1699
Siege of Rhodes *	1522	1522
Revolts at Vonitsa and Epirus	1585	1585
Himara Revolt	1596	1596
Thessaly Revolt	1600	1600
Epirus revolt	1611	1611
Russo-Turkish War **	1768	1774	Orlov Revolt	1770	1770	Battle of Chesma	1770
Russo-Turkish War **	1768	1774
Revolt of Daskalogiannis	1770	1770
Naval battles between Lambros Katsonis fleet and Ottoman Empire's fleet.	1778	1790
Ottoman invasion of Mani	1770	1770				Siege of Grigorakos tower	1770

						Battle of Vromopigada	1770
Siege of Kastania	1780

19th century

1800–1832

War	Start of the war	Finish of the war	Name of conflict	Start of the conflict	Finish of the conflict	Battle/siege	Years of battle / siege
Souliote War	1803	1803
Ottoman invasions of Mani	1803	1803	Invasion of 1803

	1807	1807	Invasion of 1807
1815	1815	Invasion of 1815
The Rebellion of Thymios Vlachavas in Thessaly	1808	1809
Greek War of Independence	1821	1832				Liberation of Kalamata	1821

						Siege of Patras	1821

						Battle of Alamana	1821

						First siege of the Acropolis	1821–1822

						Battle of Gravia Inn	1821

						Battle of Doliana	1821

						Battle of Valtetsi	1821

						Siege of Tripolitsa	1821

						Battle of Sculeni	1821

						Battle of Drăgășani	1821
						Battle of the Trench	1821
						Battle of Vasilika	1821

						Battle of Peta	1822
						First siege of Missolonghi	1822

			Battle of Dervenakia	1822

			Battle of Alatas island (near Trikeri)	1823

			Battle of Karpenisi	1823

			Second siege of Missolonghi	1823

			Third siege of Missolonghi	1825–1826

			Battle of Sphacteria	1825
Battle of Maniaki	1825
Battle of the Lerna Mills	1825
Battle of Kleisova	1826
Battle of Arachova	1826
Ottoman–Egyptian invasion of Mani	1826	1826	Battle of Vergas	1826

			Battle of Diro	1826
Battle of Polytsaravo	1826
			Second siege of the Acropolis	1826–1827

			Battle of Trikeri	1827

			Battle of Kamatero	1827

			Battle of Phaleron	1827

			Battle of Itea	1827
Battle of Navarino	1827
Chios expedition	1827
Battle of Frangokastello	1828
Battle of Petra	1829
Greek civil wars	1823	1825	First Greek civil war	1823	1824
Greek civil wars	1823	1825
Second Greek civil war	1824	1825

Ottoman Greece and Kingdom of Greece

The Kingdom of Greece established in 1832.

1832–1899

( * ) Greeks helped the Russian army.

War	Start of the war	Finish of the war	Name of conflict	Start of the conflict	Finish of the conflict	Battle/ Siege	Years of Battle/ Siege
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire	1841	1841
Crimean War *	1853	1856				Siege of Sevastopol	1854-1855
Crimean War *	1853	1856
Battle of Eupatoria	1855
Revolts in Thessaly, Macedonia and Epirus against Ottoman Empire	1854	1854				Battle of Filiadona	1854

						Battle of Melissatika	1854

						Battle of the gardens of Ano Volos	1854

						Battle of Fyllouria	1854

						Battle of Sphlaio	1854

Battle of Pedino	1854
Battle of Dhmario	1854
Battle of Skoulhkaria	1854
Battle of Domokos	1854
Battle of Thaumako	1854
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire	1858	1858
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire	1866	1869
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire	1878	1878
Revolts in Thessaly, Macedonia and Epirus against Ottoman Empire	1878	1878	Epirus Revolt	1878	1878	Revolt of Tzoumerka	1878

						Revolt of Valtos	1878

						Revolt of Radovitsi	1878

			Revolt of Arta	1878

			Battle of Lykoursi	1878

			Thessaly Revolt	1878	1878	Battle of Kato Moni Ksenias	1878

						Battle of Palio Platano	1878

						Battle of souvria	1878

First Battle of Makrinitsa	1878

Second Battle of Makrinitsa	1878
Battle of Kedros	1878
Battle of Sekliza	1878
Battle of Mataragka	1878
Battle of Mouzaki	1878
Macedonian Revolt	1878	1878
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire	1885	1885
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire	1888	1888
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire	1889	1889
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire	1895	1896
Greco-Turkish War	1897	1897				Battle of Livadeia, Crete	1897

						Battle of Tyrnavos	1897

Battle of Farsala	1897
Battle of Domokos	1897
Cretan Revolt (1897–1898)	1897	1898

20th century

1900–1938

( * ) Greece officially entered World War I in 1917.

War	Start of the war	Finish of the war	Name of conflict	Start of the conflict	Finish of the conflict	Part	Start	Battle	Year Of Battle
Macedonian Struggle	1904	1908
Theriso revolt	1905	1906
Balkan Wars	1912	1913	First Balkan War	1912	1913			Battle of Elassona	1912

								Battle of Sarantaporo	1912

								Invasion of Imbros	1912

								Battle of Giannitsa	1912

								Battle of Pente Pigadia	1912

								Battle of Vevi	1912

			Battle of Ostrovo (1912)	1912

			Himara revolt	1912

Battle of Elli	1912
Battle of Korytsa	1912
Battle of Bizani	1913
Battle of Lemnos	1913
Second Balkan War	1913	1913				Battle of Kilkis–Lahanas	1913

						Battle of Doiran	1913

Battle of Demir Hisar / Sidirokastro	1913
Battle of Kresna Gorge	1913
Icarian revolution against the Ottoman Empire	1912	1912
World War I (Greece in World War I) *	1914	1918	Mediterranean Theater	1914	1918			Battle of Imbros	1918
			Balkans Campaign / Macedonian front	1914	1918		Battle of Dobro Pole 1918	Battle of Skra-di-Legen	1918
			Balkans Campaign / Macedonian front	1914	1918
Vardar Offensive	1918	1918	Battle of Doiran	1918
Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War	1918	1920
Greco-Turkish War	1919	1922						Greek landing at Smyrna	1919

								Battle of Tellidede	1919

								Battle of Aydın	1919

								Greek Summer Offensive	1920

								Battle of the Gediz	1920

First Battle of İnönü	1921
Second Battle of İnönü	1921
Battle of Kütahya–Eskişehir / Battle of Dorylaion	1921
Battle of Sakarya / Battle of the Sangarios	1921
Battle of Dumlupınar	1922
Corfu incident	1923	1923
Incident at Petrich	1925	1925

1939–1945

( * ) Greece entered World War II in 1940.

War	Start of the war	Finish of the war	Fronts	Start	Finish	Name of conflict	Start of the conflict	Finish of the conflict	Part	Start (of "Part")	Finish (of "Part")	Part II	Year(s) (of "Part II")	Battle	Year Of Battle
World War II (Greece in World War II) *	1939	1945	Western Front	1939	1945	West European Campaign	1944	1945	The Invasion of Normandy	1944	1944			Battle of Normandy (Operation Overlord)	1944

			Mediterranean, Balkans, Middle East and African Fronts	1940	1945

						Balkans Campaign	1940	1941	Greco-Italian War	1940	1941	Italian offensive and Greek counteroffensive	1940-1941	Battle of Pindus	1940

														Battle of Elaia–Kalamas	1940

														Battle of Morava–Ivan	1940

														Battle of Korçë	1940

												Battle of Saranda	1940

									Battle of Himara	1940

									Capture of Klisura Pass	1941

									Battle of Trebeshina	1941

									Italian Spring Offensive (Operation Primavera)	1941	Battle of Hill (Height) 731	1941

						Battle of Greece/ German Invasion of Greece	1941	1941	Battle of the Mainland (Operation Marita)	1941

											Battle of Metaxas Line	1941

											Battle of Vevi / Battle of Klidi Pass	1941

									Battle of Kleisoura Pass	1941

									Battle of Thermopylae	1941

						Battle of Crete (Operation Mercury)	1941

								Battle of Maleme	1941

						Battle of Rethymno	1941

						Battle of Heraklion	1941

						North African Campaign	1940	1943	Western Desert Campaign	1940	1943			Second Battle of El Alamein	1942

Tunisia Campaign	1942	1943			Battle of Ksar Ghilane (Ksar Rhilane)				1943
Tunisia Campaign	1942	1943
Battle of Wadi Akarit	1943
Adriatic Campaign	1940	1945
Mediterranean Campaign	1940	1945	Dodecanese Campaign	1943	1943			Battle of Kos	1943
			Dodecanese Campaign	1943	1943
			Battle of Leros	1943

								Action off Cape Bougaroun	1943
								Raid on Santorini	1944
								Raid on Ios	1944
								Raid on Mykonos	1944
								Raid on Amorgos	1944
Operation Tenement	1944	1944			Raid on Symi	1944
Operation Dragoon	1944	1944
Greek Resistance against Axis occupation	1941	1945						Drama Uprising	1941

								ESPO bombing	1942

								Gorgopotamos Bridge sabotage	1942
Kidnap of General Kreipe	1944
Damasta sabotage	1944
Italian Campaign	1943	1945						Allied invasion of Sicily	1943

								Battle of Anzio	1944
Battle of Rimini	1944

1946–1949

There were fights between Greeks before 1946, but these were the prelude and not officially the start of the civil war

War	Start of the war	Finish of the war	Battle	Year Of Battle
Greek Civil War	1946	1949	Battle of Litochoro	1946

			Battle of Karditsa	1948

			Battle of Sofades	1948

			Battle of Edessa	1948

			Battle of Naousa	1948

			Battle of Ardea	1948

			Battle of Naousa	1949

Battle of Karpenisi	1949
Battle of Leonidio	1949
Battle of Agios Vasilios of Cynuria	1949
Battle of Florina	1949
Battle of Tsarnos line	1949
Battle of Vitsi	1949
Battle of Grammos	1949

1950–1989

( * ) Greece didn't participate at the battles and didn't declare war on Turkey, only some Greek units participated.

War/Mission	Start of the war/mission	Finish of the war/mission	Force	Start operating of the force	Finish operating of the force	Battle	Year Of Battle
Korean War	1950	1953	Greek Expeditionary Force in Korea (EKSE)	1950	1958	Battle of Chosin Reservoir	1950

						First Battle of Wonju	1951

						Second Battle of Wonju	1951

						Battle of Hill 381 in Icheon	1951

						Battle of Hill 326	1951
Battle of Hill 313 in Yeoncheon (Scotch Hill)	1951
Battle of Nori Hill	1952
Sieges of Outpost Harry	1953
Battle of Bukjeong Pass	1953
CONGO-UNIKOM	1960	1961	Air Task Force of Congo
Turkish invasion of Cyprus *	1974	1974	Greek Force of Cyprus (ELDYK)	1959	Present	Battle of Paphos	1974
						Attacks against the area of Kioneli	1974

						Battle of the ELDYK camp	1974

						Battle of Nicosia International Airport	1974

						Battle of Lapithos	1974

Battle of Karava	1974
Battle of Vasilia Passage	1974
Battle of the English College	1974
Battle of the ELDYK camp	1974

1990–1999

( * ) If the Greek force had/have a specific name.

The Greek forces had/have mostly peacekeeping, humanitarian, logistics, reconstruction and support role

War/Mission	Start of the war/mission	Finish of the war/mission	Name of the International Force	Start operating of the force	Finish operating of the force	Name of the Greek Force *	Start operating of the force	Finish operating of the force	Operation	Start	Finish
Gulf War	1990	1991
United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM)	1991	2003
United Nations Guards Contingent in Iraq (UNGCI)	1991	2003
NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina	1992	2004	Implementation Force (IFOR)	1995	1996	Greek Force in Bosnia (ELDYB)	1995	2004	Operation Joint Endeavour	1995	1996

			Stabilisation Force (SFOR)	1996	2004	Greek Force in Bosnia (ELDYB)	1995	2004	Operation Joint Guard	1996	1998
			Stabilisation Force (SFOR)	1996	2004	Greek Force in Bosnia (ELDYB)	1995	2004
Operation Joint Forge	1998	2004
United Nations Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II)	1993	1995	Unified Task Force (UNITAF)	1993	1994	Greek Task Force of Somalia (ELLASOM)	1993	1994
Rebellion in Albania	1997	1997							Operation Kosmas	1997	1997
Rebellion in Albania	1997	1997
Greek Force in Albania (ELDAL)	1997	1997	Operation Alba	1997	1997
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)	1999	2011
Peacekeeping operation in Kosovo after Kosovo War	1999	Present	Kosovo Force (KFOR)	1999	Present	Greek Force in Kosovo (ELDYKO)	1999	2003

21st century

( * ) If the Greek force had/have a specific name.
( ** ) Operations started in the 20th century but continuing into the 21st century are listed in both centuries.
( *** ) ISAF was in Afghanistan from 2001–2014, but ELDAF-TESAF was from 2002-2012. Some trainers of the Hellenic Air Force who are training Afghanese pilots stayed there longer than the ELDAF-TESAF. RSM was in Afghanistan from 2015-2021.
( **** ) The Greek Forces in Afghanistan was named ELDAF until 2005 and later they renamed to TESAF.
( ***** ) The Maritime Task Force (MTF) is the naval component of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)

The Greek forces had/have mostly peacekeeping, humanitarian, logistics, reconstruction and support role.

War/ Mission	Start of the war/mission	Finish of the war/mission	Name of the International Force	Start operating of the force	Finish operating of the force	Name of the Greek Force *	Start operating of the force	Finish operating of the force	Operation	Start	Finish	Outcome
United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) **	1991	2003										Victory
United Nations Guards Contingent in Iraq (UNGCI) **	1991	2003										Victory
NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina **	1992	2004	Stabilisation Force (SFOR)	1996	2004	Greek Force in Bosnia (ELDYB)	1995	2004	Operation Joint Forge	1998	2004	Victory
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) **	1999	2011							Operation Artemis	2003	2003	Victory
Peacekeeping operation in Kosovo after Kosovo War **	1999	Present	Kosovo Force (KFOR)	1999	Present	Greek Force in Kosovo (ELDYKO)	1999	2003				Ongoing
						Greek Force in Kosovo-2 (ELDYKO-2)	2003	2011
						Greek Force in Kosovo-3 (ELDYKO-3)	2011	Present
Insurgency in North Macedonia and missions in North Macedonia	2001	2003				Greek Force in Skopje (ELDYS)	2001	2003	Operation Essential Harvest	2001	2001	Victory Macedonian government agrees to give greater political rights to Macedonian Albanians following the ceasefire
									Operation Amber Fox	2001	2002
									Operation Allied Harmony	2002	2003
									Operation Concordia	2003	2003
War in Afghanistan	2001	2021	International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), Resolute Support Mission (RSM) ***	2001	2021	Greek Force in Afghanistan (ELDAF) * / **	2002	2005				Defeat Return of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in 2021
War in Afghanistan	2001	2021		2001	2021	Special Composition Battalion in Afghanistan (TESAF) * / **	2005	2012				Defeat Return of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in 2021
Operation Active Endeavour	2001	2016	Standing Naval Force Mediterranean (STANAVFORMED or SNFM)	1992	2004							Victory
Operation Active Endeavour	2001	2016	Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2)	2005	2016							Victory
Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa	2002	Present	Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2)	2005	Present				Operation Ocean Shield	2009	2016	Ongoing
United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS)	2005	2011										Victory
Missions in Lebanon	2006	Present	Maritime Task Force (MTF) *****	2006	Present							Ongoing
Military intervention in Libya	2011	2011							Operation Unified Protector	2011	2011	Victory
American-led intervention in Iraq against ISIS^[2]	2014	present										Ongoing
Operation Irini^[3]	2020	present										Ongoing
Operation Prosperity Guardian^[4]	2023	present										Ongoing
Operation Aspides^[5]	2023	present										Ongoing
2026 Iran war (Defensive operations in Cyprus and Saudi Arabia)	2026	present										Ongoing

References

↑ Pausanias (1918). Description of Greece. Translated by W.H.S. Jones; H.A. Ormerod. London: Robert Hale Ltd.
↑ Lewis, Paul; Ackerman, Spencer; Dehghan, Saeed Kamali (17 June 2014). "Iraq crisis: Barack Obama sends in US troops as Isis insurgency worsens". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 June 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
↑ "EU launches Operation IRINI to enforce Libya arms embargo". Council of the European Union. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
↑ Zhdannikov, Dmitry; Armstrong, Rachel (22 December 2023). "What is U.S.-led Red Sea coalition and which countries are backing it?". Reuters. Retrieved 23 December 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ "Aspides mission officially established". Agence Europe. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 2024-02-18.

[1] Pausanias (1918). Description of Greece. Translated by W.H.S. Jones; H.A. Ormerod. London: Robert Hale Ltd.

[2] Lewis, Paul; Ackerman, Spencer; Dehghan, Saeed Kamali (17 June 2014). "Iraq crisis: Barack Obama sends in US troops as Isis insurgency worsens". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 June 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2023.

[consilium:1-3] "EU launches Operation IRINI to enforce Libya arms embargo". Council of the European Union. Retrieved 13 April 2020.

[USC-4] Zhdannikov, Dmitry; Armstrong, Rachel (22 December 2023). "What is U.S.-led Red Sea coalition and which countries are backing it?". Reuters. Retrieved 23 December 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[5] "Aspides mission officially established". Agence Europe. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 2024-02-18.

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