Qualla: Battle of Leontion https://qualla.com/battle-of-leontion en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:34:06 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Leontion https://qualla.com/battle-of-leontion Battle of Leontion: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-leontion/ The Achaean poet Damagetus did not call it the Battle of Leontion. He called it the Battle at the Achaean Trench — a name that suggests something more elemental than a skirmish in the hills, something that felt to those who survived it like a line drawn in the earth. That is what it was. In 217 BC, on a mountain pass between Panachaikon and Erymanthos, the Social War between the Achaean League and the Aetolian League came to a close in an ambush that killed hundreds of men and ended years of raiding.

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/z/2/battle-of-leontion-wp/sqz2-battle-of-leontion-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Leontion: Years of Raids and Frustration https://qualla.com/battle-of-leontion/ The Social War had run since 220 BC, and for the Achaeans it had been a grinding series of humiliations. The Aetolian League, a confederation of communities in central Greece known for aggressive raiding, sent forces into the Peloponnese year after year, striking the western terr...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/z/2/battle-of-leontion-wp/sqz2-battle-of-leontion-years-of-raids-and-frustration.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Leontion: A Trap Laid in the Mountains https://qualla.com/battle-of-leontion/ Euripidas chose his moment deliberately. He waited until the Achaeans were gathered in assembly — the political council that brought the league's representatives together in one place — and then struck the territory adjacent to Aigion, the Achaean capital. He collected enough boo...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/z/2/battle-of-leontion-wp/sqz2-battle-of-leontion-a-trap-laid-in-the-mountains.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Leontion: The Battle and Its Reckoning https://qualla.com/battle-of-leontion/ The Achaeans attacked immediately and with what Polybius describes as ferocious courage. In the fighting at the pass, 400 of Euripidas' soldiers were killed and 200 taken prisoner — among them, Polybius notes, some very prominent Eleans and Aetolians. The weapons and all the boot...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/z/2/battle-of-leontion-wp/sqz2-battle-of-leontion-the-battle-and-its-reckoning.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Leontion: Why the War Ended When It Did https://qualla.com/battle-of-leontion/ The string of Achaean successes raised morale, but the war ended not because of Leontion alone. That same autumn, the Macedonian king Philip V received news that Hannibal had destroyed a Roman army at Lake Trasimene in Italy. Philip had been watching Rome's expansion with interes...

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