ORDER OF BATTLE // May 18, 1821
Battle of Doliana
Estimated force strength by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Forces engaged
2 sides catalogued · combined 8,500–9,000 estimated
Greek revolutionaries
2,500–3,000
Medium-confidence figure
Ottoman Empire
6,000
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Battle of Doliana was a Greek revolutionary victory against Ottoman forces in the Morea in the early weeks of the Greek War of Independence. Fought in May 1821, the engagement saw a Greek force of roughly 2,500–3,000 fighters defeat an Ottoman force of approximately 6,000, a considerably larger body of troops. The outcome contributed to the consolidation of revolutionary control in the Morea, where successive Greek successes in this period were critical to establishing the insurrection as a viable military and political undertaking rather than an easily suppressed uprising.
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