List of wars involving Greece

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 Greece between 3000 BC and the present day.

Bronze Age, Aegean civilizations

Mycenaean Period

War	Start of the war	Finish of the war	Notes
Trojan War	ca. 1194 BCE or between 1260 BCE	ca. 1199 BCE and 1240 BCE	No one knows exactly the years the war took place. 1260 and 1240 BCE. The Greek poet Homer wrote about this war in his epic poem Iliad.

Ancient Greece

Dark Ages

War	Start of the war	Finish of the war	Notes
Dorian invasion	?	?	This is when the mysterious Dorians invaded Greece. This is why it is named Dorian invasion. They still don't know what the Dorians' real name is. This is not classified as a war but it was still important in the Greeks' history.

Archaic Period

War	Start of the war	Finish of the war	Battle/siege	Year of battle/ siege
First Messenian War^[1]	743 BCE	724 BCE
Lelantine War	710 BCE	650 BCE
Meliac war	690 BCE (?)	670 BCE (?)
Second Messenian War	685 BCE	668 BCE	Battle of Deres
Second Messenian War	685 BCE	668 BCE	Battle of the Great Foss	682 BCE
Argos against the Sparta			Battle of Hysiae	669 BC
Greco-Punic Wars	600 BCE	307 BCE
First Sacred War	595 BCE	585 BCE	Siege of Kirrha	585 BC
Arcadia against the Sparta			Battle of the Fetters	550 BC
Argos against the Sparta			Battle of Champions/ Battle of Thyrea	546 BC
			Battle of Pallene	546 BC
			Battle of Alalia	Sometime between 540 BC and 535 BC

Classical Period

5th century BC

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/ Persian Wars	499 BCE	449 BCE				Siege of Naxos	499 BCE
			Ionian Revolt	499 BCE	488 BCE	Siege of Sardis	498 BCE
						Battle of Ephesus	498 BCE
						Revolts at Cyprus	498 BCE - 497 BCE
						Battle of Marsyas	496 BCE
						Battle of Labraunda	496 BCE
						Battle of Pedasus	496 BCE
						Battle of Lade	494 BCE
						Battle of Miletus	494 BCE
						Battle of Chios	493 BCE
						Battle of Malene	493 BCE
			First Persian invasion of Greece	492 BCE	490 BCE	Siege of Lindos	490 BCE
						Siege of Naxos	490 BCE
						Siege of Karystos	490 BCE
						Siege of Eretria	490 BCE
						Battle of Marathon	490 BCE
			Second Persian invasion of Greece	480 BCE	479 BCE	Battle of Thermopylae	480 BCE
						Battle of Artemisium	480 BCE
						Battle of Salamis	480 BCE
						Siege of Potidea	480 BCE
						Siege of Olynthus	479 BCE
						Battle of Plataea	479 BCE
						Battle of Mycale	479 BCE
			Greek counterattack	479 BCE	478 BCE	Siege of Sestos	479 BC-478 BCE
			Greek counterattack	479 BCE	478 BCE	Siege of Byzantium	478 BCE
			Delian League against Persian Empire (Wars of the Delian League)	477 BCE	449 BCE	Siege of Eion	477 BCE–476 BCE or 476 BCE–475 BCE
						Battle of the Eurymedon	466 BCE
						Battle of Papremis	460 BCE
						Siege of Memphis	455 BCE
						Siege of Prosopitis
						Battle of Mendesium
						Siege of Kition
						Battle of Salamis (Cyprus)	450 BCE
Greco-Punic Wars	600 BCE	307 BCE	First Sicilian War	480 BCE	480 BCE	Battle of Himera	480 BCE
			Second Sicilian War	410 BCE	340 BCE	Battle of Selinus	409 BCE
						Second Battle of Himera	409 BCE
						Siege of Akragas	406 BCE
						Battle of Gela	405 BCE
						Sack of Camarina	405 BCE
Delian League against Greek states (Wars of the Delian League) (Before the First Peloponnesian War)	476 BCE	460 BCE				Attack in the island of Skyros	476 BCE or 475 BCE
						Attack in the island of Naxos	471 BCE
			Thasian rebellion	465 BCE	465 BCE	Siege of Thasos	465 BCE
						Battle of Sepeia	494 BCE
						Battle of Cumae	474 BCE
First Peloponnesian War	460 BCE	445 BCE				Battle of Aegina	458 BCE
						Battle of Tanagra	457 BCE
						Battle of Oenophyta	457 BCE
			Second Sacred War	449 BCE	448 BCE	Battle of Delphi
						Battle of Coronea	447 BCE
Samian War	440 BCE	439 BCE
Battles which led to the Peloponnesian War						Battle of Sybota	433 BCE
Battles which led to the Peloponnesian War						Battle of Potidaea	432 BCE
Peloponnesian War	431 BCE	404 BCE	Archidamian War	431 BCE	421 BCE	Battle of Spartolos	429 BCE
						Siege of Plataea	429 BC-427 BCE
						Battle of Naupactus	429 BCE
						Battle of Rhium/ Battle of Chalcis	429 BCE
						Mytilenean revolt	428 BC-427 BCE
						Battle of Tanagra	426 BCE
						Aetolian campaign	426 BCE
						Battle of Olpae	426 BCE
						Battle of Idomene	426 BCE
						Battle of Delium	424 BCE
						Battle of Megara	424 BCE
						Battle of Pylos	425 BCE
						Battle of Sphacteria	425 BCE
						Battle of Amphipolis	422 BCE
			The years after the "Peace of Nicias"	420 BCE	414 BCE	Battle of Mantinea	418 BCE
						Battle of Hysiae	417 BCE
						Battle of Orneae	417 BCE
						Battle of Melos	416 BCE
			Sicilian Expedition	415 BCE	413 BCE	Attack on Hyccara	415 BCE
			Sicilian Expedition	415 BCE	413 BCE	Battle of Syracuse	415 BCE-413 BCE
			Decelean War / Ionian War	413 BCE	404 BCE	Siege of Miletus	412 BCE
						Battle of Panormus	412 BCE
						Battle of Miletus	412 BCE
						Battle of Eretria	411 BCE
						Battle of Syme	411 BCE
						Battle of Cynossema	411 BCE
						Battle of Cyzicus	410 BCE
						Battle of Abydos	410 BCE
						Siege of Chalcedon	408 BCE
						Siege of Byzantium	408 BCE
						Battle of Notium	407 BCE
						Battle of Mytilene	406 BCE
						Battle of Notium/Ephesus	406 BCE
						Battle of Arginusae	406 BCE
						Battle of Aegospotami	405 BCE
Phyle Campaign	404 BCE	403 BCE				Battle of Phyle	404 BCE or 403 BCE
						Battle of Munichia	404 BCE or 403 BCE
						Battle of Piraeus	403 BCE
Elean War	c. 401 BC	c.400 BC

Notes	Battle	Year of battle
In the 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 BCE
	Battles between the Ten Thousand and the Persian army during their route back to Greece.	401 - 399 BCE

4th century BC

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	600 BC	307 BC	Second Sicilian War	410 BC	340 BC	Siege of Motya	398 BC
						Siege of Segesta	398 or 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
						Battle of Cabala	any year from 378 BC to 375 BC
						Battle of Cronium	374 BC
						Siege of Syracuse	343 BC
						Battle of the Crimissus	339 BC
Spartan-Persian War	c.400 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
Bosporan–Heracleote War	389 BC	360 BC
Dionysius I of Syracuse battles						Battle of the Elleporus	389 BC
Dionysius I of Syracuse battles						Siege of Rhegium	386 BC
Boeotian War	378 BC	371 BC				Battle of Naxos	376 BC
Boeotian War	378 BC	371 BC				Battle of Tegyra	375 BC
Theban hegemony	371 BC	362 BC				Battle of Leuctra	371 BC
						Battle of Cynoscephalae	364 BC
						Battle of Mantinea	362 BC
Philip's II campaigns	359 BC	338 BC				Battle of Methone	359 BC
						Battle of Erigon Valley	358 BC
			Third Sacred War	356 BC	346 BC	Battle of Crocus Field	352 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
			Olynthian War	349 BC	348 BC
						Siege of Perinthos	340 BC-339 BC
						Siege of Byzantion	340 BC-339 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	355 BC
						Battle of Neon	354 BC
						Battle of Crocus Field / Volo	352 BC
						Battle of Tamynae	354 BC or 350 BC
						Battle of Thermopylae	352 BC
Foreign War	346 BC	343 BC				Siege of Lyttos	346 BC
Foreign War	346 BC	343 BC				Siege of Kydonia	343 BC
Alexander the Great's Balkan campaign	335 BC	335 BC				Siege of Pelium	335 BC
Alexander the Great's Balkan campaign	335 BC	335 BC				Battle of Thebes	335 BC
Alexander the Great's campaign in Asia	334 BC	323 BC	Persian Empire 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 Sogdian Rock	327 BC
			Indian campaign			Cophen Campaign	327 BC-326 BC
						Siege of Aornos	326 BC
						Battle of the Hydaspes	326 BC
						Mallian Campaign	326 BC-325 BC
Sparta against Alexander the Great regent Antipater						Battle of Megalopolis	331 BC
Epirus against Italian tribes						Battle of Pandosia	331 BC

Hellenistic Period, Roman Period, Indo-Greek Kingdom and Greco-Bactrian Kingdom

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

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 Amorgos	322 BC
						Defeat of Leonnatus by Antiphilus	322 BC
						Battle of Crannon	322 BC
Wars of the Diadochi	322 BC	281 BC	First War of the Diadochi	322 BC	320 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
			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	285 BC
The struggle of Lysimachus and Seleucus	285 BC	281 BC				Battle of Corupedium	281 BC
Greek–Punic Wars	600 BC	307 BC	Third Sicilian War	315 BC	307 BC	Battle of Himera	311 BC
						Siege of Syracuse	311 BC - 309 BC
						Battle of White Tunis	310 BC
Seleucid–Mauryan war	305 BC	303 BC
Boeotian revolt						Siege of Thebes	292–291 or 290 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
						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
Gallic invasions of Greece	280 BC	275 BC				Battle for 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/ Battle of Gaza	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 262–255 BC
Seleucid Empire civil war						Battle of Ancyra	237 BC
Seleucid–Parthian wars	238 BC	129 BC				Parni conquest of Parthia	238 BC
Seleucid–Parthian wars	238 BC	129 BC				Battle of Ecbatana	129 BC
Seleucid Empire against the Attalid kingdom						Battle of the Harpasus	229 BC
Illyrian Wars	229 BC	168 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	221/220 BC	219 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	172 BC	168 BC	Battle of Callinicus	171 BC
			Third Macedonian War	172 BC	168 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
Seleucid Empire against the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom	208 BC	206 BC				Siege of Bactra	208–206 BC
Cretan War	205 BC	200 BC				Battle of Chios	201 BC
Cretan War	205 BC	200 BC				Battle of Lade	201 BC
War against Nabis/ Laconian War	195 BC	195 BC				Battle of Gythium	195 BC
War against Nabis/ Laconian War	195 BC	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
Aetolian War	191 BC	189 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 Beth Zechariah	162 BC
						Battle of Adasa	161 BC
						Battle of Dathema
						Battle of Elasa	160 BC
Seleucid Dynastic Wars	157 BC	63 BC
Achaean League against the Roman Republic						Battle of Corinth	146 BC
Seleucid Empire against the 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

Medieval Greece

Byzantine period and Frankokratia

Byzantine Greece, Byzantine Greek successor states of the Byzantine Empire (Empire of Trebizond, Despotate of Epirus, Despotate of the Morea, Empire of Nicaea, Empire of Thessalonica, Principality of Theodoro), and Frankokratia (after 1204, when Crusader states were established on the territory of the dissolved Byzantine Empire).

In 330 the Emperor Constantine the Great changed the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Constantinople. Greek population was part of the Empire and the Eastern part of the Roman Empire was already heavily Hellenized and Emperor Heraclius completed the Hellenization (replaced Latin with Greek as the official language, etc.) of the Byzantine Empire.

330–619

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
Samaritan Revolts	484	572
Byzantine–Sasanian wars	421	628	War of 421–422	421	422
			War of 440	440	440
			Anastasian War	502	506
			Iberian War	526	532	Battle of Dara	530
			Iberian War	526	532	Battle of Callinicum	531
			Lazic War	541	562
			War of 572–591	572	592	Battle of Solachon	586
						Battle of Martyropolis	588
						Battle of Blarathon	592
			War of 602–628	602	628	Battle of Antioch	613
						Jewish revolt	614-628
						Siege of Constantinople	626
						Battle of Nineveh	627
Nika riots	532	532
Vandalic War	533	534				Battle of Ad Decimum	533
Vandalic War	533	534				Battle of Tricamarum	533
Gothic War	535	554				Battle of Taginae	552
Gothic War	535	554				Battle of Mons Lactarius	553

620–1204

In 620, the Heraclius introduced Greek as the official language of the Empire. He also, adopted the Greek title of Basileus instead of the Latin Caesar, Augustus, or Imperator.

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	1050				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
	1169	1169
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
						Battle of Achelous	917
			Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria	968	1018	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 Asen and Peter	1185	1204
The revolt of Bardanes Tourkos	803	803
Siege of Patras (805 or 807)	805 or 807	805 or 807
The revolt against Emperor Michael II the Amorian	820	823				Siege of Constantinople	821–822
Rus'–Byzantine Wars			Paphlagonian expedition of the Rus'
			Rus'–Byzantine War	860	860
			Rus'–Byzantine War	907	907
			Rus'–Byzantine War	941	941
			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
			Rus'–Byzantine War	1043	1043
Syrian campaigns of John Tzimiskes	974	975
Byzantine–Georgian wars	1014	1051				Battle of Shirimni/ Battle of Palakazio	1021
Byzantine–Georgian wars	1014	1051				Battle of Sasireti	1042
The revolt of Leo Tornikios	1047	1047				Siege of Constantinople	1047
Byzantine–Seljuq wars	1048	1308				Battle of Manzikert	1071
						Siege of Nicaea	1113
						Battle of Myriokephalon	1176
						Battle of Hyelion and Leimocheir	1177
						Battle of Antioch on the Meander	1211
Byzantine–Norman wars	1050	1185				Battle of Dyrrhachium	1081
						Siege of Thessalonica	1185
						Battle of Demetritzes	1185
Rebellion of Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder	1077	1078				Battle of Kalavrye	1078
First Crusade	1096	1099				Siege of Nicaea	1097
Fourth Crusade	1202	1204				First Siege of Constantinople	1203
Fourth Crusade	1202	1204				Second Siege of Constantinople	1204

1205–1460

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
Nicaean–Latin wars						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
						Capture of Constantinople by Nicaean troops under Alexios Strategopoulos	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 (until the siege of Constantinople, there were battles between the Byzantines and the Ottomans even after the capture of Constantinople)	1265	1453				Battle of Bapheus	1302
			Catalan campaign in Asia Minor	1303	1313
						Siege of Prusa	1326
						Siege of Nicaea	1328–1331
						Battle of Pelekanon	1329
						Siege of Nicomedia	1333–1337
						Battle of Adrianople	1365
						Siege of Philadelphia	1390
						Blockade of Constantinople	1390–1402
						Siege of Constantinople	1422
						Siege of Thessalonica	1422–1430
						Siege of Constantinople	1453
Byzantines against 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

Modern Era

Ottoman Greece

1461–1799

( * ) Greeks helped the Christian armies.
( ** ) Greeks helped the Russian army.

In 1460 the Ottomans conquered the Despotate of the Morea, in 1461 the Empire of Trebizond (the Akcakale castle captured by the Turks in 1467 though), in 1475 the Principality of Theodoro, in 1479 the Despotate of Epirus and by 1500 most of the plains and islands were in Ottoman hands. 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.

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
Ottoman–Venetian Wars *	1463	1718	First Ottoman–Venetian War	1463	1479
			Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War	1570	1573	Battle of Lepanto	1571
			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	1600
Revolt of Dionysius the Philosopher	1611	1611
Russo-Turkish War **	1768	1774	Orlov Revolt	1770	1770	Battle of Chesma	1770
Russo-Turkish War **	1768	1774	Revolt of Daskalogiannis	1770	1770
Naval battles between Lambros Katsonis fleet and Ottoman Empire's fleet.	1778	1790
Ottoman invasion of Mani	1780	1780				Siege of Grigorakos tower	1780
						Battle of Vromopigada	1780
						Siege of Kastania	1780

19th century

1800–1832

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
Greek War of Independence	1821	1832				Battle of Kalamata	1821
						Siege of Patra	1821
						Battle of Alamana	1821
						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 Dragashani	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 Alatas island (near Trikeri)	1823
						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 islet	1826
						Battle of Arachova	1826
			Ottoman–Egyptian invasion of Mani	1826	1826	Battle of Vergas	1826
						Battle of Diro	1826
						Battle of Polytsaravo	1826
						Siege of the Acropolis	1826–1827
						Battle of Trikeri	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
Greek civil wars	1823	1825	Second Greek civil war	1824	1825

Ottoman Greece and Kingdom of Greece

The Kingdom of Greece established in 1832.

1832–1899

( * ) Greeks helped the Russian army.

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 against Ottoman Empire	1841	1841
Crimean War *	1853	1856				Siege of Sevastopol	1854-1855
Crimean War *	1853	1856				Battle of Eupatoria	1855
Revolts in Thessaly, Macedonia and Epirus against 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 Ottoman Empire	1858	1858
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire	1866	1869
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire	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 Ottoman Empire	1885	1885
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire	1888	1888
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire	1889	1889
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire	1895	1896
Greco-Turkish War	1897	1897				Battle of Livadeia, Crete	1897
						Battle of Tyrnavos	1897
						Battle of Farsala	1897
						Battle of Domokos	1897
Cretan Revolt (1897–1898)	1897	1898

20th century

1900–1938

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

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	1906
Balkan Wars	1912	1913	First Balkan War	1912	1913				Battle of Elassona	1912
									Battle of Sarantaporo	1912
									Invasion of Imbros	1912
									Battle of Giannitsa	1912
									Battle of Pente Pigadia	1912
									Battle of Vevi	1912
									Himara revolt	1912
									Battle of Elli	1912
									Battle of Korytsa	1912
									Battle of Bizani	1913
									Battle of Lemnos	1913
			Second Balkan War	1913	1913				Battle of Kilkis–Lahanas	1913
									Battle of Doiran	1913
									Battle of Demir Hisar / Sidirokastro	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 Theater	1914	1918				Battle of Imbros	1918
			Balkans Campaign / Macedonian front	1914	1918				Battle of Skra-di-Legen	1918
			Balkans Campaign / Macedonian front	1914	1918	Vardar Offensive	1918	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
									Battle of the Gediz	1920
									First Battle of İnönü	1921
									Second Battle of İnönü	1921
									Battle of Kütahya–Eskişehir / Battle of Dorylaion	1921
									Battle of Sakarya / Battle of the Sangarios	1921
									Battle of Dumlupınar	1922
Corfu incident	1923	1923
Incident at Petrich	1925	1925

1939–1945

( * ) Greece entered the World War II at 1940.

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	Western Front	1939	1945	West European Campaign	1944	1945	The Invasion of Normandy	1944	1944			Battle of Normandy (Operation Overlord)	1944
			Mediterranean, Balkans, Middle East and African Fronts	1940	1945
						Balkans Campaign	1940	1941	Greco-Italian War	1940	1941	Italian offensive and Greek counteroffensive	1940-1941	Battle of Pindus	1940
														Battle of Elaia–Kalamas	1940
														Battle of Morava–Ivan	1940
														Battle of Korytsa	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 (Height) 731	1941
									Battle of Greece/ German Invasion of Greece	1941	1941	Battle of the Mainland (Operation Marita)	1941
														Battle of Metaxas Line	1941
														Battle of Vevi / Battle of Klidi Pass	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 (Ksar Rhilane)	1943
									Tunisia Campaign	1942	1943			Battle of Wadi Akarit	1943
						Adriatic Campaign	1940	1945
						Mediterranean Campaign	1940	1945	Dodecanese Campaign	1943	1943			Battle of Kos	1943
									Dodecanese Campaign	1943	1943			Battle of Leros	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 against Axis occupation	1941	1945						Drama Uprising	1941
														ESPO bombing	1942
														Gorgopotamos Bridge sabotage	1942
														Kidnap of General Kreipe	1944
														Damasta sabotage	1944
						Italian Campaign	1943	1945						Allied invasion of Sicily	1943
														Battle of Anzio	1944
														Battle of Rimini	1944

1946–1949

There were fights between Greeks before 1946, but these were the prelude and not officially the start of the civil war

War	Start of the war	Finish of the war	Battle	Year Of Battle
Greek Civil War	1946	1949	Battle of Litochoro	1946
			Battle of Karditsa	1948
			Battle of Sofades	1948
			Battle of Edessa	1948
			Battle of Naousa	1948
			Battle of Ardea	1948
			Battle of Naousa	1949
			Battle of Karpenisi	1949
			Battle of Leonidio	1949
			Battle of Agios Vasilios of Cynuria	1949
			Battle of Florina	1949
			Battle of Tsarnos line	1949
			Battle of Vitsi	1949
			Battle of Grammos	1949

1950–1989

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

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

1990–1999

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

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

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
			Stabilisation Force (SFOR)	1996	2004	Greek Force in Bosnia (ELDYB)	1995	2004	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
Rebellion in Albania	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

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.

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 Return of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in 2021
War in Afghanistan	2001	2021		2001	2021	Special Composition Battalion in Afghanistan (TESAF) * / **	2005	2012				Defeat Return of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in 2021
Operation Active Endeavour	2001	2016	Standing Naval Force Mediterranean (STANAVFORMED or SNFM)	1992	2004							Victory
Operation Active Endeavour	2001	2016	Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2)	2005	2016							Victory
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

References

^ Pausanias (1918). Description of Greece. Translated by W.H.S. Jones; H.A. Ormerod. London: Robert Hale Ltd.
^ Lewis, Paul; Ackerman, Spencer; Dehghan, Saeed Kamali (17 June 2014). "Iraq crisis: Barack Obama sends in US troops as Isis insurgency worsens". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 June 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
^ "EU launches Operation IRINI to enforce Libya arms embargo". Council of the European Union. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
^ Zhdannikov, Dmitry; Armstrong, Rachel (22 December 2023). "What is U.S.-led Red Sea coalition and which countries are backing it?". Reuters. Archived from the original on 25 December 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
^ "Aspides mission officially established". Agence Europe. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 2024-02-18.

[1] Pausanias (1918). Description of Greece. Translated by W.H.S. Jones; H.A. Ormerod. London: Robert Hale Ltd.

[2] Lewis, Paul; Ackerman, Spencer; Dehghan, Saeed Kamali (17 June 2014). "Iraq crisis: Barack Obama sends in US troops as Isis insurgency worsens". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 June 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2023.

[consilium:1-3] "EU launches Operation IRINI to enforce Libya arms embargo". Council of the European Union. Retrieved 13 April 2020.

[USC-4] Zhdannikov, Dmitry; Armstrong, Rachel (22 December 2023). "What is U.S.-led Red Sea coalition and which countries are backing it?". Reuters. Archived from the original on 25 December 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.

[5] "Aspides mission officially established". Agence Europe. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 2024-02-18.

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