The Battle of Argos of 272 BC was fought between the forces of Pyrrhus, the king of Epirus, and a spontaneous alliance between the city state of Argos, the...

Argos (/ˈɑːrɡɒs, -ɡəs/; Greek: Άργος [ˈarɣos]; Ancient and Katharevousa: Ἄργος [árɡos]) is a city and former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece...

Sparta was thwarted, however, and Pyrrhus was killed during a street battle at Argos. The Latinized Pyrrhus derives from the Greek Pyrrhos (/ˈpɪrəs/; Greek:...

as a significant victory for Argos. Pausanias reports no details of the battle, although he was shown the burial-site of the Argive dead. Nothing else...

allied army of Argos, Athens, Mantinea and several others. In 421 BC, after ten years of war, Athens and Sparta made peace; the Peace of Nicias. Several...

The Battle of the 300 Champions, known since Herodotus' day as the Battle of the Champions, was fought in roughly 546 BC between Argos and Sparta. Rather...

aristocratic party of Argos led by Aristippos. Accepting Aristeas' proposal, Pyrrhus began his march north to the Argolis. Pyrrhus' advance on Argos did not go...

Sainsbury's takeover of Argos, the Argos Financial Services division has been part of Sainsbury's Bank. In August 2006, Barclays and Argos announced a joint...

Sparta was one of the largest military powers in the Peloponnese. This is evident through the Spartans' victory over Argos in the Battle of the 300 Champions...

coalition of Argos, Athens, Corinth, and Thebes. The battle was fought in Corinthian territory, at the dry bed of the Nemea River. The battle was a decisive...

The Battle of the Champions is the traditional name given to the Battle of the 300 Champions, which pitted Argos against Sparta in 546 BC. It may also...

contradictory. The Argeads themselves claimed descent from the royal house of Argos, the Temenids, but this story is viewed with skepticism by some scholars...

Battle of Heraclea 279 BC, Battle of Asculum 275 BC, Battle of Beneventum 274 BC, Battle of the Aous 272 BC, Siege of Sparta 272 BC, Battle of Argos 265-264...

October 2024. ...Pyrrhus was killed in a bizarre incident in the city of Argos... Chrystal, Paul (2019). Reportage from Ancient Greece and Rome. Stroud:...

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Sparta against an alliance of Argos and Athens Siege of Mantinea (385 BC), victory of Sparta Battle of Mantinea (362 BC), victory of Thebes against Sparta...

Look up Argus, Argos, or guardian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Argus is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek word Argos. It may refer to: See...

the battles of Argos Orestiko and of Foteini Pass) between Greek and German forces on 15 April 1941. Following the Greek failure to hold the Pass of Kleisoura...

Phoroneus, a king of Argos Phyleus, a king of Elis Pirithoös, king of the Lapiths and husband of Hippodamia, at whose wedding the Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs...

Amphilochian Argos (Ancient Greek: Ἄργος τὸ Ἀμφιλοχικόν, Latin: Argos Amphilochicum) was the chief town of ancient Amphilochia, situated at the eastern...

Aristippus of Argos (/ˌærəˈstɪpəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀρίστιππος) was a tyrant of Argos in the 3rd century BC. His father was the tyrant Aristomachos the...

During the late Middle Ages, the two cities of Argos (Greek: Άργος, French: Argues) and Nauplia (modern Nafplio, Ναύπλιο; in the Middle Ages Ἀνάπλι, in...

hoplites from Ambracia invaded Amphilochian Argos in Acarnania on a gulf of the Ionian Sea and occupied the fort of Olpae. The Acarnanians asked for help from...

acropolis of Argos, located on a high rocky hill, within the town's boundaries to the west. According to Strabo, it is named for a group of Pelasgians...

This is a list of known wars, conflicts, battles/sieges, missions and operations involving ancient Greek city states and kingdoms, Magna Graecia, other...

inescapable"), was a king of Argos, and leader of the Seven against Thebes. He was the son of the Argive king Talaus, but was forced out of Argos by his dynastic...

country of Messenia. By the beginning of the 7th century BC, Sparta was, along with Argos, the Peloponnese's dominant power. Inevitably, Sparta and Argos collided...

The second Battle of Hysiae between the armies of Argos and Sparta took place in 417 BC during the Peloponnesian War, directly following Sparta's decisive...

Amphilochia in his honor. Its capital was a second Argos, which is distinguished as the Amphilochian Argos. (Others credit this settlement to his nephew.)...