Region: West Asia · Coordinates: 40.213, 26.389 · 6 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 513 BC | Herodotus, Histories | Darius crosses Thrace and sails from Sestos to Asia, leaving Megabazus as governor of Europe tradition |
| 479 BC | Herodotus, Histories | The Athenian army besieges Sestos, and the starving Persian troops slip out from the rear |
| 479 BC | Herodotus, Histories | Artayctes is captured, dragged to the cape, and executed; the bridge ropes are brought back to Greece |
| 479 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | After the victory at Mycale, Athens and its allies besiege Sestos, winter there, and take it |
| 405 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Alcibiades advises moving the anchorage to Sestos, but the generals do not listen |
| 405 BC | Xenophon, Hellenica | Hearing of the fall of Lampsacus, the Athenian 180 ships go from Elaeus to Sestos and anchor at Aegospotami opposite it. |