The siege of Melos occurred in 416 BC during the Peloponnesian War, which was a war fought between Athens and Sparta. Melos is an island in the Aegean...
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War Siege of Hysiae (417 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Orneae (417 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Melos (416 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Syracuse...
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The Trojan Women (redirect from Women of Troy)
as a reaction to the Siege of Melos in 416 BCE during the Peloponnesian War, in which Athens invaded the Aegean island of Melos, destroyed its city, and...
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of Milos or Melos, a city in Greece The Melian Dialogue, Athenian historian Thucydides’ dramatization of negotiations to resolve the Siege of Melos Melian...
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MI6 agent and a member of the UNIT team. In 2016, he appeared in the direct-to-video sequel Jarhead 3: The Siege. In 2017, De Melo appeared in EastEnders...
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Diagoras of Melos (Greek: Διαγόρας ὁ Μήλιος) or Diagoras "the Atheist" was a Greek poet and sophist of the 5th century BC. Throughout antiquity, he was...
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The siege of Daman of 1639, also called the great siege of Daman was a military engagement between Portuguese forces and those of the Mughal Empire in...
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Melo (January 2, 1775 – 1833), better known as Madeira de Melo, was a Portuguese military officer. He served in the office of governador das armas of...
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The siege of Salvador occurred during the Brazilian War of Independence, during which the newly formed Brazilian army, under the command of French general...
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in nearby Melos. As vassals of King Charles II of Naples, the Sanudi were entitled to his protection, and the entreaties of the lady of Melos, Cassandra...
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The siege of Daman in 1581 was a military engagement between Portuguese forces and those of the Shah of Gujarat in the city of Daman, in India. A Mughal...
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resisted all sieges against the "league", with the exception of a small fort in the outskirts of Calicut that fell to the Zamorin, the ruler of Calicut. It...
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of relieving pressure on Catalonia and in Franche-Comté. En route, the Spanish troops, under Francisco de Melo, laid siege to the fortified town of Rocroi...
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The Siege of Hulst (1640) was a siege battle that took place during the Eighty Years' War. A Dutch army under Frederick Henry of Orange would attempt to...
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The siege of Kotte was an offensive which took place during the Sinhalese–Portuguese War between 1557 and 1558. A 50,000-strong Sitawaka army led by King...
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Battle of Cartagena de Indias (Spanish: Sitio de Cartagena de Indias, lit. 'Siege of Cartagena de Indias') took place during the 1739 to 1748 War of Jenkins'...
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Ottoman–Habsburg wars (category Wars involving the Tsardom of Russia)
sole firm possession of the House of Habsburg. After the siege of Vienna in 1683, the Habsburgs assembled a large coalition of European powers known...
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Classical Greece (redirect from Causes of the Peloponnesian War)
formation of the Delian League in 477 BC, the island of Melos had refused to join. By refusing to join the League, however, Melos reaped the benefits of the...
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Mughal–Portuguese conflicts (category Military of the Mughal Empire)
tributary vassal of Portugal in exchange but after the Mughals were driven off Rustum Khan repudiated his part of the agreement. While the siege of Bharuch was...
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Castilian War (redirect from Siege of Kota Batu (1578))
the region of Borneo. Also Brunei was assisted by Portuguese captain, Pengiran Kestani. While early fighting was fierce, in the Siege of Kota Batu, Spain...
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416 Melos is besieged by Athens 416 Alcibiades makes plans, is restored to power. 416 Selinus annexes Segesta's frontier provinces 416 Massacre of the...
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Delian League (redirect from League of Delos)
with force such as Mytilene and Melos. No longer considered her allies, Athens eventually began to refer to the members of the Delian League as "all the...
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Peloponnesian War (category Sieges of Athens)
island of Melos, and demanded that Melos ally with them against Sparta, or be destroyed. The Melians rejected this, so the Athenian army laid siege to their...
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defenses. When the kings of Fez and Mequinez dispatched their alcaides with a substantial force of cavalry and infantry to lay siege to Azamor, the Portuguese...
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well as Osamu Dazai's reworked version "Run, Melos!". Archimedes of Syracuse Pyrrhus of Epirus One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text...
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Sinhalese–Portuguese conflicts (redirect from Siege of Colombo)
Rajasinha I of Sitawaka attempted to expel the Portuguese from the island, but was repulsed with heavy losses at the siege of Colombo in 1587–8. Most of the newly...
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Federalist Revolution (category Military history of Brazil)
Nonetheless, after the Siege of Lapa, the federalists were unable to advance further, being defeated in the Battle of Campo Osório. The end of the war consolidated...
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Juana María de los Dolores de León Smith (category Wives of baronets)
siege ended in a successful but very bloody storming by the British and Portuguese forces, the sisters sought protection from the chaos of the siege,...
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Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Roman battles Sherman Storytelling:...
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