Battles in Greece
218 battles and sieges whose recorded location lies within the modern borders of Greece (Europe), ordered by date.
Ancient · Medieval · Early modern · 19th century · World War I era · World War II era · Post-1945 · Date not recorded
Ancient (before 500) · 75
- Siege of Naxos (499 BC) 499 BCGreece · Greco-Persian Wars
- Battle of Marathon 490 BCGreece · First Persian invasion of Greece
- Siege of Eretria 490 BCGreece · Greco-Persian Wars
- Battle of Artemisium 480 BCGreece · Second Persian invasion of Greece
- Battle of Salamis 480 BCGreece · Second Persian invasion of Greece
- Battle of Thermopylae 480 BCGreece · Second Persian invasion of Greece
- Battle of Plataea 479 BCGreece · Second Persian invasion of Greece
- Battle of Oenophyta 457 BCGreece · First Peloponnesian War
- Battle of Tanagra (457 BC) 457 BCGreece
- Battle of Coronea (447 BC) 447 BCGreece · First Peloponnesian War
- Battle of Potidaea 432 BCGreece · Peloponnesian War
- Battle of Naupactus 429 BCGreece · Peloponnesian War
- Battle of Rhium 429 BCGreece · Peloponnesian War
- Battle of Spartolos 429 BCGreece · Peloponnesian War
- Siege of Plataea 429 BCGreece · Peloponnesian War
- Battle of Olpae 426 BCGreece · Archidamian War
- Battle of Pylos 425 BCGreece · Peloponnesian War
- Battle of Sphacteria 425 BCGreece · Peloponnesian War
- Battle of Delium 424 BCGreece · Peloponnesian War
- Battle of Amphipolis 422 BCGreece · Archidamian War
- Battle of Mantinea (418 BC) 418 BCGreece · Peloponnesian War
- Siege of Melos 415 BCGreece · Peloponnesian War
- Battle of Munychia 404 BCGreece · Phyle Campaign
- Battle of Haliartus 395 BCGreece · Corinthian War
- Battle of Coronea (394 BC) 394 BCGreece · Corinthian War
- Battle of Nemea 394 BCGreece · Corinthian War
- Battle of Lechaeum 391 BCGreece · Corinthian War
- Siege of Mantinea 385 BCGreece
- Battle of Naxos 376 BCGreece · Boeotian War
- Battle of Tegyra 375 BCGreece · Boeotian War
- Battle of Leuctra 371 BCGreece · Boeotian War
- Battle of Cynoscephalae (364 BC) 364 BCGreece · Boeotian War
- Battle of Mantinea (362 BC) 362 BCGreece · Theban hegemony
- Siege of Olynthus (348 BC) 348 BCGreece · Third Sacred War
- Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC) 338 BCGreece · Fourth Sacred War
- Battle of Thebes 335 BCGreece · Alexander's Balkan campaign
- Battle of Megalopolis 331 BCGreece · War of Agis
- Battle of Thermopylae (323 BC) 323 BCGreece · Lamian War
- Battle of Crannon 322 BCGreece · Lamian War
- Battle of the Echinades (322 BC) 322 BCGreece · Lamian War
- Siege of Lamia 322 BCGreece
- Siege of Megalopolis 317 BCGreece · Second War of the Diadochi
- Siege of Rhodes (305–304 BC) 305 BCGreece · Fourth War of the Diadochi
- Siege of Thebes (292–291 BC) 292 BCGreece · Demetrius I's struggle for the Macedonian throne
- Siege of Athens (287 BC) 287 BCGreece · Demetrius I's struggle for the Macedonian throne
- Battle of Thermopylae (279 BC) 279 BCGreece · Gallic invasion of Greece
- Battle of Argos 272 BCGreece · Pyrrhus' invasion of the Peloponnese
- Siege of Sparta 272 BCGreece · Pyrrhus' invasion of the Peloponnese
- Battle of Cos 261 BCGreece · Syrian Wars
- Siege of Medion 231 BCGreece · Demetrius War
- Battle of Mount Lycaeum 227 BCGreece · Cleomenean War
- Battle of Leontion 217 BCGreece · Social War of 220-217 BCE
- First Battle of Lamia 209 BCGreece · First Macedonian War
- Second Battle of Lamia 209 BCGreece · First Macedonian War
- Battle of Mantinea (207 BC) 207 BCGreece · First Macedonian War
- Battle of Cynoscephalae 197 BCGreece · Second Macedonian War
- Siege of Gythium 195 BCGreece · War against Nabis
- Battle of Thermopylae (191 BC) 191 BCGreece · Roman–Seleucid War
- Battle of Callinicus 171 BCGreece · Third Macedonian War
- Battle of Pydna 168 BCGreece · Third Macedonian War
- Battle of Pydna (148 BC) 148 BCGreece · Fourth Macedonian War
- Battle of Corinth (146 BC) 146 BCGreece · Achaean War
- Battle of Scarpheia 146 BCGreece · Achaean War
- Siege of Rhodes (88 BC) 88 BCGreece · First Mithridatic War
- Siege of Athens and Piraeus (87–86 BC) 87 BCGreece · First Mithridatic War
- Battle of Chaeronea (86 BC) 86 BCGreece · First Mithridatic War
- Battle of Orchomenus 86 BCGreece · First Mithridatic War
- Siege of Mytilene (81 BC) 81 BCGreece
- Battle of Pharsalus 48 BCGreece · Caesar's Civil War
- Siege of Gomphi 48 BCGreece · Caesar's invasion of Macedonia
- Battle of Philippi 42 BCGreece · Liberators' Civil War
- Battle of Actium 31 BCGreece · Final War of the Roman Republic
- Battle of Thermopylae (254) 254Greece · Gothic Wars
- Siege of Thessalonica (254) 254Greece · Germanic Wars
- Battle of Thessalonica (380) 380Greece · Gothic War of 376–382
Medieval (500–1499) · 36
- Siege of Thessalonica (617) 617Greece · Avar–Byzantine Wars
- Siege of Thessalonica (676–678) 676Greece · Slavic invasion of the Balkans
- Siege of Patras (805 or 807) 805Greece
- Sack of Thessalonica (904) 904Greece · Arab–Byzantine wars
- Siege of Chandax 960Greece · Byzantine reconquest of Crete
- Battle of Thessalonica (1014) 1014Greece · Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
- Battle of Setina 1017Greece · Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
- Battle of Thessalonica (1040) 1040Greece · Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
- Battle of Thessalonica (2nd 1040) 1040Greece · Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
- Battle of Ostrovo 1041Greece · Uprising of Peter Delyan
- Battle of Larissa 1083Greece · Byzantine–Norman Wars
- Battle of Demetritzes 1185Greece · Byzantine–Norman Wars
- Sack of Thessalonica (1185) 1185Greece · Byzantine–Norman Wars
- Battle of Serres (1196) 1196Greece · Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
- Battle of Serres (1205) 1205Greece · Bulgarian–Latin Wars
- Battle of Pelagonia 1259Greece · Nicaean–Latin wars
- Battle of Makryplagi 1263Greece · Achaean–Byzantine War
- Battle of Prinitza 1263Greece · Achaean–Byzantine War
- Battle of Settepozzi 1263Greece · War of Saint Sabas
- Battle of Halmyros 1311Greece
- Battle of Manolada 1316Greece · Conquest of the Principality of Achaia
- Battle of Picotin 1316Greece · Conquest of the Principality of Achaia
- Battle of Stephaniana 1344Greece · Byzantine Civil War of 1341–1347
- Battle of Peritheorion 1345Greece · Byzantine Civil War of 1341–1347
- Battle of Sapienza 1354Greece · Venetian–Genoese Wars
- Siege of Thessalonica (1383–1387) 1383Greece · Byzantine–Ottoman wars
- Siege of Thessalonica (1422–1430) 1422Greece · Byzantine–Ottoman War of 1421–1424
- Battle of the Echinades (1427) 1427Greece · Byzantine–Latin wars
- Siege of Rhodes (1444) 1444Greece
- Siege of the Hexamilion Wall (1446) 1446Greece · Ottoman conquest of the Morea
- Siege of Gardiki-Arcadia 1460Greece · Ottoman conquest of the Morea
- Siege of Corinth (1463) 1463Greece · First Ottoman–Venetian War
- Siege of Mytilene (1464) 1464Greece · First Ottoman–Venetian War
- Siege of Negroponte (1470) 1470Greece · First Ottoman–Venetian War
- Siege of Rhodes (1480) 1480Greece · Ottoman Wars in Europe
- Battle of Zonchio 1499Greece · Second Ottoman–Venetian War
Early modern (1500–1799) · 23
- Battle of Modon (1500) 1500Greece · Second Ottoman–Venetian War
- Siege of the Castle of Saint George 1500Greece · Second Ottoman–Venetian War
- Siege of Rhodes (1522) 1522Greece · Ottoman Wars in Europe
- Siege of Coron (1533–1534) 1534Greece · Ottoman–Spanish War
- Siege of Corfu (1537) 1537Greece · Third Ottoman–Venetian War
- Battle of Preveza 1538Greece · Third Ottoman–Venetian War
- Action of 29 April 1616 1616Greece
- Siege of Chania (1645) 1645Greece · Cretan War of 1645-1669
- Siege of Candia 1648Greece · Cretan War of 1645-1669
- Siege of Lemnos (1657) 1657Greece · Cretan War of 1645-1669
- Action of 27 August 1661 1661Greece · Cretan War of 1645-1669
- Siege of Santa Maura (1684) 1684Greece · Morean War
- Battle of Kalamata (1685) 1685Greece · Morean War
- Conquest of Coron (1685) 1685Greece · Morean War
- Siege of the Acropolis (1687) 1687Greece · Morean War
- Siege of Negroponte (1688) 1688Greece · Morean War
- Battle of Mytilene (1690) 1690Greece · Morean War
- Siege of Corfu (1716) 1716Greece · Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War
- Battle of Vromopigada 1770Greece · Ottoman invasion of Mani
- Siege of Kastania 1780Greece
- Battle of Mykonos 1794Greece · French Revolutionary Wars
- Battle of Nicopolis (1798) 1798Greece · War of the Second Coalition
- Siege of Corfu (1798–1799) 1798Greece · War of the Second Coalition
19th century (1800–1913) · 49
- Siege of Santa Maura (1810) 1810Greece
- Battle of Alamana 1821Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Battle of Doliana 1821Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Battle of Gravia Inn 1821Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Battle of Lalas 1821Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Battle of Valtetsi 1821Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Battle of Vasilika 1821Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Battle of the Trench (1821) 1821Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Liberation of Kalamata 1821Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Siege of Livadeia 1821Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Siege of Monemvasia (1821) 1821Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Siege of Patras (1821) 1821Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Siege of Tripolitsa 1821Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Siege of the Acropolis (1821–1822) 1821Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Battle of Peta 1822Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Burning of the Ottoman flagship off Chios 1822Greece · Greek War of Independence
- First siege of Missolonghi 1822Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Battle of Karpenisi 1823Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Second siege of Missolonghi 1823Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Destruction of Psara 1824Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Kasos Massacre 1824Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Battle of Kleisova 1825Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Battle of Maniaki 1825Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Battle of Sphacteria (1825) 1825Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Battle of the Lerna Mills 1825Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Third siege of Missolonghi 1825Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Battle of Arachova 1826Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Battle of Kastraki 1826Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Siege of Varnakova 1826Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Siege of the Acropolis (1826–1827) 1826Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Battle of Navarino 1827Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Battle of Phaleron 1827Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Chios expedition 1827Greece
- Battle of Petra 1829Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Battle of Mouzaki 1878Greece
- Battle of Velestino 1897Greece · Greco-Turkish War of 1897
- Battle of Preveza (1911) 1911Greece · Italo-Turkish War
- Battle of Chios (1912) 1912Greece · First Balkan War
- Battle of Driskos 1912Greece
- Battle of Lesbos (1912) 1912Greece · First Balkan War
- Battle of Merhamli 1912Greece · First Balkan War
- Battle of Pente Pigadia 1912Greece · First Balkan War
- Battle of Sarantaporo 1912Greece · First Balkan War
- Battle of Sorovich 1912Greece · First Balkan War
- Battle of Yenidje 1912Greece · First Balkan War
- Capture of Lemnos 1912Greece · First Balkan War
- Siege of Ioannina (1912–1913) 1912Greece · First Balkan War
- Battle of Bizani 1913Greece · First Balkan War
- Battle of Kilkis–Lachanas 1913Greece · Second Balkan War
World War I era (1914–1918) · 7
- Battle of Doiran (1916) 1916Greece · Macedonian Front
- Battle of Florina 1916Greece · Macedonian Front
- Battle of Kaymakchalan 1916Greece · Macedonian Front
- Battle of Malka Nidzhe 1916Greece · Monastir Offensive
- Struma operation 1916Greece · Macedonian Front
- Battle of Dobro Pole 1918Greece · World War I
- Battle of Skra-di-Legen 1918Greece · World War I
World War II era (1939–1945) · 21
- Battle of Cape Spada 1940Greece · Battle of the Mediterranean
- Battle of Elaia–Kalamas 1940Greece · Greco-Italian War
- Battle of Pindus 1940Greece · Greco-Italian War
- Battle of 42nd Street 1941Greece · World War II
- Battle of Crete 1941Greece · World War II in the Balkans
- Battle of Heraklion 1941Greece · World War II
- Battle of Kleisoura Pass 1941Greece · Battle of Greece
- Battle of Ptolemaida 1941Greece · Battle of Greece
- Battle of Rethymno 1941Greece · World War II
- Battle of Tempe Gorge 1941Greece · World War II in the Balkans
- Battle of Thermopylae (1941) 1941Greece · Battle of Greece
- Battle of Fardykambos 1943Greece
- Battle of Kos (1943) 1943Greece · Dodecanese Campaign
- Battle of Leros 1943Greece · Dodecanese Campaign
- Battle of Porta 1943Greece · World War II
- Battle of Sarantaporos (1943) 1943Greece · World War II
- Battle of Trahili 1943Greece · World War II
- Battle of Chora - Agorelitsa 1944Greece · Greek Resistance
- Battle of Kilkis (1944) 1944Greece · Greek Resistance
- Battle of Meligalas 1944Greece · Greek Resistance
- Raid on Santorini 1944Greece · Battle of the Mediterranean
Post-1945 (1946 onwards) · 3
- Battle of Kalavryta 1948Greece
- Battle of Agios Vasileios 1949Greece · Greek Civil War
- Battle of Florina (1949) 1949Greece · Greek Civil War
Date not recorded (no reliable year in Wikidata) · 4
- Battle of Chalandritsa Greece
- Battle of Demetrias Greece · Byzantine–Latin wars
- Battle of Thessalonica (995) Greece · Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria
- Siege of Euripos Greece · Arab–Byzantine wars