Battle of the Elleporus

The Battle of the Elleporus was fought in 389 BC between the forces of Dionysius I of Syracuse and the armies of the Italiote League. The armies of Syracuse triumphed, and Dionysius' control was extended into Southern Italy.[1]

Battle of the Elleporus
Date 389 BC Location Stilaro river, Calabria Result Syracusan Victory
Belligerents
Syracuse	Italiote League
Commanders and leaders
Dionysius I of Syracuse	Heloris †
Strength
23,000	17,000
Casualties and losses
	7,000

See also

• Magna Graecia

Notes

1. Tucker (2010), p. 52.

References

• Tucker, Spencer C. (2010). A Global Chronology of Conflict: from the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East; Volume I: ca. 3000 BCE - 1499 CE. Santa Barbara, Denver, Oxford: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-85109-667-1.

External links

Dictionary of Battles from the Earliest Date to the Present Time