Battle of Coronea (447 BC)

The Battle of Koroneia took place in 447 BC between the Athenians and the Boeotians; it is ( 457 BC -445 BC) to see related to the First Peloponnesian War between Sparta and Athens.

Since the victory of the Athenians at the battle of Oinophyta over Boeotia Athens held the undisputed dominion over the whole of Central Greece. In the year 447 BC, however, showed the limits of his power, when several cities rose in Boeotia against the Athenian domination. Then, Athens sent a force under his general Tolmides to Boeotia, which initially also succeeded in taking Chaeronea. But it was soon after the collision of Coronea at the foot of Helicon, southwest of the Kopais lake. In this battle, the Boeotians gained the upper hand, so that had to withdraw from Central Greece Attica the Athenians. The Athenian defeat was the signal for other waste movements: 446 BC rebelled and Megara, Evia, Andros and Naxos against Athenian rule, so that Athens was forced to close with Sparta Peace ( 445 BC)

• Battle ( Ancient Greece )
• 447 BC