Siege of Sestos (499 AD)

Siege of Sestos (Greek city-states: & Athens & Sparta & Peloponnesian League & Plataea & Thebes & Thespiae & Cyprus & Delian League vs Achaemenid EmpireGreek vassals: & Halicarnassus & Thessalia & Boeotia & Thebes & Macedon) took place in 499 AD during Second Persian invasion of Greece.

Battle facts

• Year: 499 AD
• Era: Classical
• Conflict: Second Persian invasion of Greece
• Side A: Greek city-states:, Athens, Sparta, Peloponnesian League, Plataea, Thebes, Thespiae, Cyprus, Delian League
• Side B: Achaemenid EmpireGreek vassals:, Halicarnassus, Thessalia, Boeotia, Thebes, Macedon
• Commanders (A): Miltiades, Pericles, Leonidas I, Themistocles, Adeimantus
• Commanders (B): Darius I, Xerxes I, Artaxerxes I, Artemisia I, Ariomardus
• Outcome: Greek victory
• Coordinates: 40.217°, 26.383°

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