Samian War
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Was an Ancient Greek military conflict between Athens and Samos. The war was initiated by Athens's intervention in a dispute between Samos and Miletus.
Chronology
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January 439 BC: A group of oligarchs opposing Athenian influence, collaborating with allies in the city, invaded Samos with 700 mercenaries of Pissuthnes, and defeated the democrats. Samos left the Athenian sphere of influence.
January 438 BC: Athenian siege of Samos, at the end of which the Samians surrendered and were forced to become a member of the Athenian Empire.
January 440 BC: 440-439 BC: the situation was made more severe by simultaneous revolts in other parts of the empire, the most critical of which occurred in Byzantium. The powerful city of Mytilene, meanwhile, stood ready to revolt upon receiving a promise of Spartan support. The end of the revolts elsewhere in the empire followed rapidly on this success, the reconquest of Samos.
Selected Sources
Plutarch: Parallel Lives, Pericles: 26.1
Spence, I. (2002): Historical Dictionary of Ancient Greek Warfare, Scarecrow Press, p. XXVII
