Battle of Tanagra (457 BC)

Battle of Tanagra
	Part of First Peloponnesian War
Date	457 BC
Location	Tanagra
Result	Spartan victory
Belligerents
Athens	Sparta
Commanders and leaders
Myronides	Nicomedes
Strength
14,000	11,500
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of Tanagra was a land battle that took place in 457 BC between Athens and Sparta during the First Peloponnesian War. Tension between Athens and Sparta had built up due the rebuilding of Athens' walls and Spartan rejection of Athenian military assistance.^[3]^[4] The Athenians were led by Myronides and held a strength of 14,000.^[5] The Spartans were led by Nicomedes and had a total of 11,500 soldiers.^[5] Both sides suffered losses; however, the Spartans left victorious.

^ History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides, 1,107: 5 and 7
^ History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides, 1,107:2
^ Hornblower, Simon (2011-03-17). The Greek World 479-323 BC. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-83125-6.
^ Balot, Ryan; Forsdyke, Sarah; Foster, Edith (2017). The Oxford Handbook of Thucydides. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-064774-2.
^ ^a ^b Thucydides (2009), Hammond, Martin; Rhodes, P. J (eds.), "History of the Peloponnesian War", Oxford World's Classics: Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War, Oxford University Press, p. 1.107, doi:10.1093/oseo/instance.00266021, ISBN 978-0-19-282191-1, retrieved 2021-11-28

[Thucydides_1954_98-1] History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides, 1,107: 5 and 7

[2] History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides, 1,107:2

[:2-3] Hornblower, Simon (2011-03-17). The Greek World 479-323 BC. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-83125-6.

[The_Oxford_Handbook_of_Thucydides-4] Balot, Ryan; Forsdyke, Sarah; Foster, Edith (2017). The Oxford Handbook of Thucydides. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-064774-2.

[:1-5] Thucydides (2009), Hammond, Martin; Rhodes, P. J (eds.), "History of the Peloponnesian War", Oxford World's Classics: Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War, Oxford University Press, p. 1.107, doi:10.1093/oseo/instance.00266021, ISBN 978-0-19-282191-1, retrieved 2021-11-28

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