Battle of Coronea (447 BC)
Battle of Coronea | |
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Part of the Coronea | |
Result | Boeotian victory |
The Battle of Coronea (also known as the First Battle of Coronea) took place between the
In 457 BC the Athenians had taken control of Boeotia at the Battle of Oenophyta, and spent the next ten years attempting to consolidate the League's power. In 454 BC Athens lost a fleet attempting to aid an Egyptian revolt against Persia; fearing revolts by the other members of the Delian League, Athens moved the treasury to their city from Delos in 453 BC, and signed the Peace of Callias with Persia around 450 BC.
The Delian League was essentially an Athenian empire, and while Athens was usually successful at holding their possessions in the
References
Battle of Coronea in Robert J. Buck's History of Boetia[permanent dead link]
C.M. Bowra, The Epigram of the Fallen at Coronea
J.A.O. Larsen, Orchomenus and the Formation of the Boeotian Confederacy in 447 B.C.
Clifford J. Dull, Thucydides 1. 113 and the Leadership of Orchomenus