Region: Southern Europe · Coordinates: 40.295, 23.354 · 7 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 479 BC | Herodotus, Histories | Artabazus captures Olynthus |
| 432 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | At Perdiccas' urging the Chalcidians abandon their coastal towns and gather and fortify at Olynthus |
| 382 BC | Diodorus Siculus, Library of History | Sparta came near Olynthus and joined its army with them. |
| 382 BC | Xenophon, Hellenica | Battle under the walls of Olynthus: the Olynthian cavalry breaks the Laconian cavalry commander, but Derdas's cavalry counterattacks and wins. |
| 381 BC | Xenophon, Hellenica | Before the walls of Olynthus, Teleutias, in anger, rashly pursues and falls. |
| 379 BC | Xenophon, Hellenica | Olynthus, starved, sends an envoy to Sparta for peace and enters the Spartan alliance. |
| 348 BC | Diodorus Siculus, Library of History | Philip plundered Olynthus and sold its people into slavery, gaining a large sum. |