Siege of Megara

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_siege
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mithridates_VI
gptkb:Megara
gptkbp:aftermath Megara's submission to Sparta
gptkbp:belligerent gptkb:Sparta
gptkb:Athens
gptkbp:consequences increased tensions between Athens and Sparta
gptkbp:cultural_impact influence on later military tactics
gptkbp:cultural_references in literature
in theater
in film
in art
in modern media
gptkbp:date 431 BC
gptkbp:duration approximately 2 years
gptkbp:historical_analysis debate among historians
gptkbp:historical_context Athenian imperialism
gptkbp:historical_event shift in power dynamics
gptkbp:historical_period gptkb:Classical_Greece
gptkbp:historical_significance demonstrated Athenian vulnerability
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gptkbp:involved_forces gptkb:Athenian_navy
Spartan army
gptkbp:key_figures gptkb:Archidamus_II
gptkb:Cleon
gptkb:Pericles
gptkbp:legacy influence on political theory
influence on military history
influence on diplomacy
influence on warfare
influence on strategy
gptkbp:location gptkb:Megara
gptkbp:military_strategy siege warfare
gptkbp:military_technology gptkb:tower
siege engines
battering rams
gptkbp:notable_event blockade of Megara
gptkbp:outcome destruction of Megara's defenses
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Peloponnesian_War
gptkbp:primary_source gptkb:Thucydides'_History_of_the_Peloponnesian_War
gptkbp:related_event gptkb:Fall_of_Athens
gptkb:Battle_of_Syracuse
gptkb:Battle_of_Aegospotami
gptkb:Battle_of_Pylos
gptkb:Battle_of_Sphacteria
gptkbp:result Spartan victory
gptkbp:strategic_importance control of trade routes
gptkbp:tactics gptkb:military_siege
gptkb:war
starvation