Siege of Perinthus

Siege of Perinthus

The location of the city of Perinthus in Thrace.
Location
City of Perinthus, or Modern day Marmara Ereğlisi
Result Macedonian defeat
Belligerents
Macedonia Achaemenid Empire
Athens
Commanders and leaders
Philip II of Macedon Artaxerxes III
Chares of Athens

The siege of Perinthus (340 BC) was an unsuccessful attempt by Philip II of Macedon to defeat the Athenian forces at Perinthus, and take the city. The siege was conducted alongside an unsuccessful siege of Byzantium. Both sieges took place in the period just before the Fourth Sacred War.

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