List of wars involving Greece

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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

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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.
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Ancient Greece

Dark Ages

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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.
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Archaic period

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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 684 BC
Battle of the Great Foss 682 BC
Argos against Sparta Battle of Hysiae 669 BC
First Sacred War 595 BC 585 BC Siege of Kirrha 585 BC
Greco-Punic Wars 580 BC 306 BC
Arcadia against Sparta Battle of the Fetters c. 550 BC
Argos against Sparta Battle of the 300 Champions / Battle of Thyrea 546 BC
Pisistratus against Athens Battle of Pallene 546 BC
Phocaeans against Etruscans and Carthaginians Battle of Alalia Between 540 BC and 535 BC
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Classical Period

5th century BC

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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
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
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
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
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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
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4th century BC

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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
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
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
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
Siege of Kydonia 343 BC
Greco–Punic Wars 580 BC 306 BC Sixth Sicilian War 345 BC 339 BC Siege of Syracuse 344–343 BC
Battle of the Crimissus 339 BC
Alexander the Great's Balkan campaign 335 BC 335 BC Siege of Pelium 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
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Hellenistic Period

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

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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 First siege of Babylon 311 BC
Battle of the 25 of Abu 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
Battle of Argos 272 BC
Damascene War 280 BC 279 BC
Gallic invasions of Greece 280 BC 275 BC Battle of Thermopylae 279 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
Battle of Ecbatana 129 BC
Seleucid Empire against the Attalid kingdom Battle of the Harpasus 229 BC
Illyrian Wars 229 BC 168 BC Siege of Medion 231 BC
Battle of Phoenice 230 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
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
Siege of Bactra 208–206 BC
Cretan War 205 BC 200 BC Battle of Chios 201 BC
Battle of Lade 201 BC
War against Nabis/ Laconian War 195 BC 195 BC Battle of Gythium 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
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
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Medieval Greece

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

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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
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 484 573
Nika riots 532 532
Justinian's wars of Reconquest 533 554
Vandalic War 533 534 Battle of Ad Decimum 533
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
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629–1204

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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
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
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
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
Second siege of Constantinople 1204
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1205–1461

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Struggle for Constantinople and the Frankokratia 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
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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.

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Ottoman–Venetian Wars * 1463 1718 First Ottoman–Venetian War 1463 1479
Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War 1570 1573 Battle of Lepanto 1571
Anti-Ottoman revolts of 1565–1572 1565–1572
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 1601
Epirus revolt 1611 1611
Russo-Turkish War (1768–74) ** 1768 1774 Orlov Revolt 1770 1770 Battle of Chesma 1770
Revolt of Daskalogiannis 1770 1771
Lambros Katsonis' naval battles with the Ottoman Empire 1788 1792
Ottoman invasion of Mani 1770 1770 Siege of Grigorakos tower 1770
Battle of Vromopigada 1770
Siege of Kastania 1780
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1800–1832

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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
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 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 Polyaravos 1826
Second siege of the Acropolis 1826–1827
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
Second Greek civil war 1824 1825
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Kingdom of Greece

The Kingdom of Greece was established in 1832.

1832–1899

( * ) Greeks helped the Russian army.

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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 (1841) 1841 1841
Crimean War * 1853 1856 Siege of Sevastopol 1854-1855
Battle of Eupatoria 1855
Revolts in Thessaly, Macedonia and Epirus against the 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 the Ottoman Empire 1858 1858
Cretan Revolt (1866–1869) 1866 1869
Cretan Revolt (1878) 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 the Ottoman Empire 1885 1885
Cretan Revolt against the Ottoman Empire 1889 1889
Cretan Revolt (1897–1898) 1897 1898 Battle of Leivadia 1897
Greco-Turkish War 1897 1897 Battle of Farsala 1897
Battle of Velestino 1897
Battle of Domokos 1897
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20th century

1900–1938

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

More information War, Start of the war ...
War Start of the war Finish of the war Name of conflict Start of the conflict Finish of the conflict Part Start Finish Battle Year of Battle
Macedonian Struggle 1904 1908
Theriso revolt 1905 1905
Balkan Wars 1912 1913 First Balkan War 1912 1913 Greek front 1912 1913 Battle of Elassona 1912
Battle of Sarantaporo 1912
Invasion of Imbros 1912
Battle of Yenidje 1912
Battle of Pente Pigadia 1912
Battle of Sorovich 1912
Himara revolt 1912
Battle of Lesbos 1912
Battle of Chios 1912
Battle of Elli 1912
Battle of Korytsa 1912
Battle of Lemnos 1913
Battle of Bizani 1913
Second Balkan War 1913 1913 Battle of Angitis
Battle of Kilkis–Lahanas 1913
Battle of Doiran 1913
Battle of Demir Hisar 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 Theatre 1914 1918 Battle of Imbros 1918
Balkans Campaign / Macedonian front 1914 1918 Battle of Skra-di-Legen 1918
Vardar offensive 1918 1918 Battle of Dobro Pole 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 1920
Battle of the Gediz 1920
First Battle of İnönü 1921
Second Battle of İnönü 1921
Battle of Kütahya–Eskişehir 1921
Battle of Sakarya 1921
Great Offensive 1922 1922 Battle of Dumlupınar 1922
Turkish capture of Smyrna 1922
Corfu incident 1923 1923
Incident at Petrich 1925 1925
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1939–1945

( * ) Greece entered World War II in 1940.

More information War, Start of the war ...
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 European theatre 1939 1940 Western Front 1939 1945 Operation Overlord 1944 1945 Normandy landings 1944
Italian campaign 1943 1945 Allied invasion of Sicily
(Operation Husky)		 1943 1943
Allied invasion of Italy 1943 1943 Winter Line 1943–1944 Battle of Anzio 1944
Gothic Line 1944–1945 Battle of Rimini 1944
Mediterranean and Middle East theatre 1940 1945
Balkans Campaign 1940 1941 Greco-Italian War 1940 1941 Italian offensive 1940 Battle of Pindus 1940
Battle of Elaia–Kalamas 1940
Greek counteroffensive 1940–1941 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 731 1941
Italian second spring offensive 1941 Battle of Ponte Perati 1941
German invasion of Greece 1941 1941 Operation Marita 1941
Battle of Metaxas Line 1941
Battle of Vevi 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 1943
Battle of Wadi Akarit 1943
Adriatic Campaign 1939 1945
Mediterranean Campaign 1940 1945 Dodecanese Campaign 1943 1943 Battle of Rhodes 1943
Battle of Leros 1943
Battle of Kos 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 1941 1944 Drama Uprising 1941
ESPO bombing 1942
Battle of Gorgopotamos 1942
Operation Animals 1943
22 July 1943 Athens protest 1943
1 May 1944 Kaisariani executions 1944
Battle of Kokkinia 1944
Cretan resistance 1941 1945 Kidnapping of Heinrich Kreipe 1944
Damasta sabotage 1944
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1946–1949

There was infighting between Greeks prior to 1946, the start of the Greek civil war.

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War Start of the war Finish of the war Battle Year Of Battle
Greek Civil War 1946 1949 Battle of Meligalas 1944
Dekemvriana 1944–1945
Litochoro Attack 1946
Battle of Konitsa 1947–1948
Operation Limnes 1948
Battle of Kalavryta 1948
Operation Koronis 1948
Battle of Karditsa 1948
Battle of Naousa 1949
Battle of Karpenisi 1949
Operation Peristera 1948–1949
Battle of Agios Vasileios 1949
Battle of Florina 1949
Operation Pyravlos 1949
Battle of Metaxades 1949
Operation Pyrsos 1949
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1950–1989

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

More information War/Mission, Start of the war/mission ...
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
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1990–1999

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

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

More information War/Mission, Start of the war/mission ...
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
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
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
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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.

More information War/ Mission, Start of the war/mission ...
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
Special Composition Battalion in Afghanistan
(TESAF) *** / **** 		2005 2012
Operation Active Endeavour 2001 2016 Standing Naval Force Mediterranean
(STANAVFORMED or SNFM)		 1992 2004 Victory
Standing NATO Maritime Group 2
(SNMG2)		 2005 2016
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
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