capture of Eion

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The capture of Eion was a 5th-century BCE Athenian military operation led by the general Cimon in which the city of Eion on the Strymon River was seized from Persian control, marking an early success of the Delian League.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
siege ⓘ
after Persian Wars ⓘ
linked to: Greco-Persian Wars
associatedWith Athenian imperial expansion ⓘ
Delian League ⓘ
before Athenian campaigns in Thrace ⓘ
Athenian conquest of Scyros ⓘ
belligerent Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Athens ⓘ
Delian League ⓘ
commander Cimon ⓘ
conflictType siege ⓘ
countryAtTimeOfEvent Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
describedIn ancient Greek historiography ⓘ
hasParticipant Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Cimon ⓘ
Classical Athens ⓘ
Delian League ⓘ
Persian garrison at Eion ⓘ
linked to: siege of Eion
historicalEra Classical Greece ⓘ
ledBy Cimon ⓘ
location Eion ⓘ
Strymon River ⓘ
linked to: Strymonas River

Thrace ⓘ
northern Aegean region ⓘ
notableFor consolidation of Delian League influence ⓘ
early assertion of Athenian naval power in the Aegean ⓘ
removal of a Persian stronghold in Thrace ⓘ
partOf Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ
early campaigns of the Delian League ⓘ
relatedTo Cimon ⓘ
Eion ⓘ
Strymon River ⓘ
linked to: Strymonas River
result Athenian victory ⓘ
Eion brought under Athenian control ⓘ
early success of the Delian League ⓘ
expulsion of Persian forces from Eion ⓘ
side Athens ⓘ
Persian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid Empire
strategicImportance control of access to Thracian hinterland ⓘ
control of trade routes along the Strymon River ⓘ
securing grain and raw materials from Thrace ⓘ
timePeriod 5th century BCE ⓘ

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Cimon → notableWork → capture of Eion ⓘ