Samian campaign
· Samos, Greece
Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · file Sophocles served as a general in the Athenian campaign against Samos, an uncommon documented military role in his life. The campaign is conventionally dated 440–439 BC; 440 BC is used as the first year of the conflict. Coordinates represent the Samian War's documented location rather than a precisely attested encampment.
