Battle of Coronea ( 447 BC ) The Battle of Coronea ( also known as the First Battle of Coronea ) took place between the Athenian - led Delian League and the Boeotian League in 447 BC during the First Peloponnesian War . In 457 BC the Athenians had taken control of Boeotia at the Battle of Oenophyta , and spent the next ten years attempting to consolidate the League ' s power . In 454 BC Athens lost a fleet attempting to aid an Egypt ian revolt against Persia ; fearing revolts by the other members of the Delian League , Athens moved the treasury to their city from Delos in 453 BC , and signed the Peace of Callias with Persia around 450 BC . The Delian League was essentially an Athenian empire , and while Athens was usually successful at holding their possessions in the Aegean Sea , they were less successful on land . By 447 BC some of the men exiled from Boeotia after the Athenian victory there in 457 had returned home and began to take back some of the Boeotian towns . The Athenians under Tolmides , with 1 , 000 hoplites plus other troops from their allies , marched into Boeotia to take back the recaptured towns . They captured Chaeronea , but were attacked and defeated by the Boeotians at Coronea . The Athenians were forced to give up control of Boeotia . Boeotia was allowed to leave the Delian League in return for allowing the Athenians to leave Boeotia safely . The defeat led to revolts on Euboea and in Megara , which in turn led to further conflict with Sparta , contributing to the Peloponnesian War . References . Thucydides 1 . 113 : http : / / www . perseus . tufts . edu / hopper / text ? doc = Perseus % 3Atext % 3A1999 . 01 . 0247 % 3Abook % 3D1 % 3Achapter % 3D113 Battle of Coronea in Robert J . Buck ' s " History of Boetia " : http : / / books . google . com / books ? id = 5Ada2TbJWM0C & pg = PA153 & lpg = PA153 & dq = thucydides + 1 . 113 & source = bl & ots = GGUo8Ww1Wt & sig = nDlKRdUU2Qd1qEAIU7ZaUkQ2AL0 & hl = en & ei = Au _ hSorDLtGg8Aa5 - uHyAQ & sa = X & oi = book _ result & ct = result & resnum = 1 & ved = 0CAoQ6AEwAA # v = onepage & q = thucydides % 201 . 113 & f = false C . M . Bowra , " The Epigram of the Fallen at Coronea " : http : / / www . jstor . org / stable / 636730 ? & Search = yes & term = 447 & term = coronea & list = hide & searchUri = % 2Faction % 2FdoBasicResults % 3Fhp % 3D25 % 26la % 3D % 26wc % 3Don % 26gw % 3Djtx % 26jcpsi % 3D1 % 26artsi % 3D1 % 26Query % 3Dcoronea % 2B447 % 26sbq % 3Dcoronea % 2B447 % 26prq % 3Dcoronea % 26si % 3D1 % 26jtxsi % 3D1 & item = 1 & ttl = 54 & returnArticleService = showArticle J . A . O . Larsen , " Orchomenus and the Formation of the Boeotian Confederacy in 447 B . C . " : http : / / www . jstor . org / stable / 265434 ? & Search = yes & term = 447 & term = coronea & list = hide & searchUri = % 2Faction % 2FdoBasicResults % 3Fhp % 3D25 % 26la % 3D % 26wc % 3Don % 26gw % 3Djtx % 26jcpsi % 3D1 % 26artsi % 3D1 % 26Query % 3Dcoronea % 2B447 % 26sbq % 3Dcoronea % 2B447 % 26prq % 3Dcoronea % 26si % 3D1 % 26jtxsi % 3D1 & item = 2 & ttl = 54 & returnArticleService = showArticle Clifford J . Dull , " Thucydides 1 . 113 and the Leadership of Orchomenus " : http : / / www . jstor . org / stable / 267879 ? & Search = yes & term = 447 & term = coronea & list = hide & searchUri = % 2Faction % 2FdoBasicResults % 3Fhp % 3D25 % 26la % 3D % 26wc % 3Don % 26gw % 3Djtx % 26jcpsi % 3D1 % 26artsi % 3D1 % 26Query % 3Dcoronea % 2B447 % 26sbq % 3Dcoronea % 2B447 % 26prq % 3Dcoronea % 26si % 3D1 % 26jtxsi % 3D1 & item = 3 & ttl = 54 & returnArticleService = showArticle