# Battle of Idomene

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Battle during the Peloponnesian War (426 BC)

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Battle of Idomene Part of the Peloponnesian War Date 426 BC Location Idomene Result Athenian victory Belligerents Athens Amphilochia Acarnanian League Ambracia Commanders and leaders Demosthenes Unknown Strength 7,000 6,000 Casualties and losses 400 1,000

v t e Peloponnesian War Prelude Sybota Potidaea Archidamian War Spartolos Rhium Stratos Naupactus Plataea 1st Mytilene Tanagra Aegition Olpae Idomene Pylos Sphacteria Megara Delium Lynkestis Amphipolis Interlude Mantinea Hysiae Orneae Melos Sicilian Expedition Decele-Ionian War Syme Eretria Cynossema Abydos Cyzicus Notium 2nd Mytilene Arginusae Aegospotami

The **Battle of Idomene** took place during the [Peloponnesian War](/source/Peloponnesian_War) in 426 BC, between the [Athenians](/source/Athens) and the [Ambracians](/source/Ambracia).

The Ambracians, who were allies of the [Spartans](/source/History_of_Sparta), had sent a relief force to help the army that had invaded [Amphilochia](/source/Amphilochia) previously. Unbeknownst to the Ambracians, the first army had been defeated, surrounded and scattered by the allied Athenians, Amphilochians and [Acarnanians](/source/Acarnania) the day before. The Ambracians, unaware of the incoming Athenian army, camped on the lower of two steep hills. [Demosthenes](/source/Demosthenes_(general)), the Athenian commander, occupied the higher hill, obtaining a strategic advantage. Before dawn, while the Ambracians were still asleep, they were attacked and destroyed by the Athenians.

Overall, the Ambraciots lost about 1,000 men over the two battles. [Thucydides](/source/Thucydides) describes this disaster: "Indeed, this was by far the greatest disaster that befell any one Hellenic city in an equal number of days during this war; and I have not set down the number of the dead, because the amount stated seems so out of proportion to the size of the city as to be incredible".[1]

## References

Kagan, Donald. *The Peloponnesian War*. Penguin Books, 2003. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-670-03211-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-670-03211-5)

Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War. London, J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton. 1910.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War, Book 3, chapter 113, section 6"](https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0200:book=3:chapter=113:section=6). *www.perseus.tufts.edu*. Retrieved 2023-08-05.

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