Plataean siege (431–427 BC)

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The Plataean siege (431–427 BC) was a prolonged Spartan and Theban blockade and eventual capture of the Athenian-allied city of Plataea during the early years of the Peloponnesian War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign ⓘ
siege ⓘ
aftermath surviving Plataeans resettled in Attica ⓘ
territory of Plataea given to Thebes ⓘ
allyOf Athens ⓘ
belligerent Athens ⓘ
Plataea ⓘ
Sparta ⓘ
Thebes ⓘ
cause alliance of Plataea with Athens ⓘ
hostility between Thebes and Plataea ⓘ
chronology early phase of the Peloponnesian War ⓘ
combatantStrength large Peloponnesian and Theban force ⓘ
small Plataean garrison ⓘ
commandedBy Spartan king Archidamus II ⓘ
conflictIn Peloponnesian War ⓘ
conflictType land siege ⓘ
describedBySource Thucydides ⓘ
endTime 427 BC ⓘ
historicalPeriod Classical Greece ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Ancient Greek ⓘ
location Boeotia ⓘ
Plataea ⓘ
ancient Greece ⓘ
notableEvent Plataean breakout attempt ⓘ
Plataean surrender ⓘ
Spartan siege works and circumvallation ⓘ
Spartan tribunal of Plataeans ⓘ
opponentOf Sparta ⓘ
Thebes ⓘ
partOf Archidamian War ⓘ
precededBy Theban night attack on Plataea (431 BC) ⓘ
relatedTo Battle of Plataea (479 BC) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Plataea

Theban–Plataean conflict ⓘ
result Spartan and Theban victory ⓘ
capture of Plataea ⓘ
destruction of Plataea ⓘ
execution of Plataean prisoners ⓘ
significance elimination of an Athenian ally in Boeotia ⓘ
example of harsh treatment of defeated polis ⓘ
startTime 431 BC ⓘ
tacticUsed blockade ⓘ
circumvallation wall ⓘ
mining and countermining ⓘ
siege engines ⓘ

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Plataea → notableEvent → Plataean siege (431–427 BC) ⓘ
Plataean siege (431–427 BC) → precededBy → Theban night attack on Plataea (431 BC) ⓘ
linked to: Plataean siege (431–427 BC)