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.
War | Start of the war | Finish of the war | Notes |
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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. |
War | Start of the war | Finish of the war | Notes |
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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. |
War | Start of the war | Finish of the war | Battle/siege | Year of battle/ siege |
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First Messenian War | 743 BCE | 724 BCE | ||
Lelantine War | 710 BCE | 650 BCE | ||
690 BCE (?) | 670 BCE (?) | |||
Second Messenian War | 685 BCE | 668 BCE | Battle of Deres | |
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 |
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 |
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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 | |||
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 | |||||
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 | |||
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 | |||||
Siege of Rhegium | 386 BC | ||||||
Boeotian War | 378 BC | 371 BC | Battle of Naxos | 376 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 | |||
Siege of Kydonia | 343 BC | ||||||
Alexander the Great's Balkan campaign | 335 BC | 335 BC | Siege of Pelium | 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 |
( * ) The Greek Kingdom of Pergamon helped the Roman Republic.
(Frankokratia was 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.
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 |
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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 | |||
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 | |||
Battle of Tricamarum | 533 | ||||||
Gothic War | 535 | 554 | Battle of Taginae | 552 | |||
Battle of Mons Lactarius | 553 |
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.
( * ) 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 |
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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 |
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 |
( * ) 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 |
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Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire | 1841 | 1841 | |||||
Crimean War * | 1853 | 1856 | Battle of Eupatoria | ||||
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 |
( * ) Greece officially entered World War I in 1917.
( * ) Greece entered the World War II at 1940.
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 |
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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 |
( * ) 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 |
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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 |
( * ) 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 |
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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 | |||
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 | ||||||
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 |
( * ) 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 |
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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 the Republic of Macedonia and missions in Republic of Macedonia | 2001 | 2003 | Greek Force in Skopje (ELDYS) | 2001 | 2003 | Operation Essential Harvest | 2001 | 2001 | Victory
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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
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Special Composition Battalion in Afghanistan (TESAF) *** / **** | 2005 | 2012 | ||||||||||
Operation Active Endeavour | 2001 | 2016 | Standing Naval Force Mediterranean (STANAVFORMED or SNFM) | 1992 | 2004 | Victory | ||||||
Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) | 2005 | 2016 | ||||||||||
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 | 2014 | present | Ongoing | |||||||||
Operation Irini | 2020 | present | Ongoing | |||||||||
Operation Prosperity Guardian | 2023 | present | Ongoing | |||||||||
Operation Aspide | 2023 | present | Ongoing |
Epirus is a geographical and historical region in southeastern Europe, now shared between Greece and Albania. It lies between the Pindus Mountains and the Ionian Sea, stretching from the Bay of Vlorë and the Acroceraunian Mountains in the north to the Ambracian Gulf and the ruined Roman city of Nicopolis in the south. It is currently divided between the region of Epirus in northwestern Greece and the counties of Gjirokastër and Vlorë in southern Albania. The largest city in Epirus is Ioannina, seat of the Greek region of Epirus, with Gjirokastër the largest city in the Albanian part of Epirus.
The Latin Empire, also referred to as the Latin Empire of Constantinople, was a feudal Crusader state founded by the leaders of the Fourth Crusade on lands captured from the Byzantine Empire. The Latin Empire was intended to replace the Byzantine Empire as the Western-recognized Roman Empire in the east, with a Catholic emperor enthroned in place of the Eastern Orthodox Roman emperors. The main objective of the Latin Empire was planned by Venice, which promoted the creation of this state for their self-benefit.
When the Roman Empire divided into east and west in 395, the territories of modern Albania became a part of the Byzantine Empire. At the end of the 12th century, the Principality of Arbanon was formed which lasted until mid 13th century, after its dissolution it was followed with the creation of the Albanian Kingdom after an alliance between the Albanian noblemen and Angevin dynasty. After a war against the Byzantine empire led the kingdom occasionally decrease in size until the Angevins eventually lost their rule in Albania and led the territory ruled by several different Albanian chieftains until the mid 14th century which for a short period of time were conquered by the short-lived empire of Serbia. After its fall in 1355 several chieftains regained their rule and significantly expanded until the arrival of the Ottomans after the Battle of Savra.
The Empire of Nicaea or the Nicene Empire was the largest of the three Byzantine Greek rump states founded by the aristocracy of the Byzantine Empire that fled when Constantinople was occupied by Western European and Venetian armed forces during the Fourth Crusade, a military event known as the Sack of Constantinople. Like the other Byzantine rump states that formed due to the 1204 fracturing of the empire, such as the Empire of Trebizond and the Despotate of Epirus, it was a continuation of the eastern half of the Roman Empire that survived well into the medieval period. A fourth state, known in historiography as the Latin Empire, was established by an army of Crusaders and the Republic of Venice after the capture of Constantinople and the surrounding environs.
Byzantine Greece has a history that mainly coincides with that of the Byzantine Empire itself.
The Despotate of Epirus was one of the Greek successor states of the Byzantine Empire established in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade in 1204 by a branch of the Angelos dynasty. It claimed to be the legitimate successor of the Byzantine Empire, along with the Empire of Nicaea and the Empire of Trebizond, its rulers briefly proclaiming themselves as Emperors in 1227–1242. The term "Despotate of Epirus" is, like "Byzantine Empire" itself, a modern historiographic convention and not a name in use at the time.
Pomorie, historically known as Anchialos, is a town and seaside resort in southeastern Bulgaria, located on a narrow rocky peninsula in Burgas Bay on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.
A series of military conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and various European states took place from the Late Middle Ages up through the early 20th century. The earliest conflicts began during the Byzantine–Ottoman wars, waged in Anatolia in the late 13th century before entering Europe in the mid-14th century with the Bulgarian–Ottoman wars. The mid-15th century saw the Serbian–Ottoman wars and the Albanian-Ottoman wars. Much of this period was characterized by Ottoman expansion into the Balkans. The Ottoman Empire made further inroads into Central Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries, culminating in the peak of Ottoman territorial claims in Europe.
Demetrios Palaiologos or Demetrius Palaeologus was Despot of the Morea together with his brother Thomas from 1449 until the fall of the despotate in 1460. Demetrios and Thomas were sons of Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos, and brothers of the final two emperors John VIII and Constantine XI. Demetrios had a complicated relationship with his brothers, whom he frequently quarrelled with, usually over the matter of Demetrios's wish to establish himself as the most senior of them and claim the imperial throne for himself.
Thomas Palaiologos or Palaeologus was Despot of the Morea from 1428 until the fall of the despotate in 1460, although he continued to claim the title until his death five years later. He was the younger brother of Constantine XI Palaiologos, the final Byzantine emperor. Thomas was appointed as Despot of the Morea by his oldest brother, Emperor John VIII Palaiologos, in 1428, joining his two brothers and other despots Theodore and Constantine, already governing the Morea. Though Theodore proved reluctant to cooperate with his brothers, Thomas and Constantine successfully worked to strengthen the despotate and expand its borders. In 1432, Thomas brought the remaining territories of the Latin Principality of Achaea, established during the Fourth Crusade more than two hundred years earlier, into Byzantine hands by marrying Catherine Zaccaria, daughter and heir to the principality.
The Battle of Heliopolis or Ayn Shams was a decisive battle between Arab Muslim armies and Byzantine forces for the control of Egypt. Though there were several major skirmishes after this battle, it effectively decided the fate of the Byzantine rule in Egypt, and opened the door for the Muslim conquest of the Byzantine Exarchate of Africa.
The Muslim conquest of the Levant, or Arab conquest of Syria, was a 634–638 CE invasion of Byzantine Syria by the Rashidun Caliphate. A part of the wider Arab-Byzantine Wars, the Levant was brought under Arab Muslim rule and developed into the provincial region of Bilad al-Sham. Clashes between the Arabs and Byzantines on the southern Levantine borders of the Byzantine Empire had occurred during the lifetime of Muhammad, with the Battle of Muʿtah in 629 CE. However, the actual conquest did not begin until 634, two years after Muhammad's death. It was led by the first two Rashidun caliphs who succeeded Muhammad: Abu Bakr and Umar ibn al-Khattab. During this time, Khalid ibn al-Walid was the most important leader of the Rashidun army.
The Frankokratia, also known as Latinokratia and, for the Venetian domains, Venetokratia or Enetokratia, was the period in Greek history after the Fourth Crusade (1204), when a number of primarily French and Italian states were established by the Partitio terrarum imperii Romaniae on the territory of the dissolved Byzantine Empire.
This history of the Byzantine Empire covers the history of the Eastern Roman Empire from late antiquity until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 AD. Several events from the 4th to 6th centuries mark the transitional period during which the Roman Empire's east and west divided. In 285, the emperor Diocletian partitioned the Roman Empire's administration into eastern and western halves. Between 324 and 330, Constantine I transferred the main capital from Rome to Byzantium, later known as Constantinople and Nova Roma. Under Theodosius I, Christianity became the Empire's official state religion and others such as Roman polytheism were proscribed. Finally, under the reign of Heraclius, the Empire's military and administration were restructured and adopted Greek for official use instead of Latin. Although the Roman state continued, some historians choose to distinguish the Byzantine Empire from the earlier Roman Empire due to the imperial seat moving from Rome to Byzantium, the Empire’s integration of Christianity, and the predominance of Greek instead of Latin.
The Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 was the final and most devastating of the series of wars fought between the Byzantine / Roman Empire and the Sasanian Empire of Iran. The previous war between the two powers had ended in 591 after Emperor Maurice helped the Sasanian king Khosrow II regain his throne. In 602 Maurice was murdered by his political rival Phocas. Khosrow declared war, ostensibly to avenge the death of the deposed emperor Maurice. This became a decades-long conflict, the longest war in the series, and was fought throughout the Middle East: in Egypt, the Levant, Mesopotamia, the Caucasus, Anatolia, Armenia, the Aegean Sea and before the walls of Constantinople itself.
Before the unification of the country by the Bagrationi dynasty in the 10th century, several Georgian states including Iberia and Colchis, managed to subsist between the Roman Empire to the West and the Sassanid Empire to the East. Between the 11th and 15th centuries, the Kingdom of Georgia was a major regional power, which withstood invasions by the Seljuk Empire, Mongol Empire, and Timurid Empire, before its fragmentation and submission to the Ottoman and Safavid Empires. Many Georgians fought in the armies of the empires that ruled the country from the 16th century, be it the Safavids, the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union, and the nation kept a reputation for military valor and skill. Since 1991, the newly independent Georgia has taken part in many conflicts: its conflicts with Russia culminated in the 2008 Russo–Georgian War, while its alliance with the United States led to Georgia's participation in the Afghan and Iraq Wars.
Byzantine Anatolia refers to the peninsula of Anatolia during the rule of the Byzantine Empire. Anatolia was of vital importance to the empire following the Muslim invasion of Syria and Egypt during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius in the years 634–645 AD. Over the next two hundred and fifty years, the region suffered constant raids by Arab Muslim forces raiding mainly from the cities of Antioch, Tarsus, and Aleppo near the Anatolian borders. However, the Byzantine Empire maintained control over the Anatolian peninsula until the High Middle Ages, when imperial authority in the area began to collapse.
Hellenization in the Byzantine Empire describes the spread and intensification of ancient Greek culture, religion and language in the Byzantine Empire. The theory of Hellenization generally applies to the influence of foreign cultures subject to Greek influence or occupation, which includes the ethnic and cultural homogenisation which took place throughout the life of the Byzantine Empire (330-1453).
A reason for the longevity of the Byzantine Empire is how they managed their foreign relations. Armed combat and later its navy were the primary methods with the evolved traditions of the Roman Empire, however Byzantine diplomacy which eventuated with their many treaties was used extensively as well.