Greatest Enemies of Greece

The history of Greece spans several thousand years. Can you name the most famous opponents of Greece, from the ancient polises to the Modern era? Good luck!

Most of these 'enemies' are historical states and nations

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We can only learn about the Greek war with this city state from the Homer's Iliad

Troy

Greek polises fought this empire in the Battle of Marathon and Thermopylae

Achaemenid Empire

This city-state fought Greeks for Sicily

Carthage

Tribes from the North that raided Greek ports as pirates

Illyrians

Saviors from the above, who later turned Greece into their province

Romans

The Catholic Pope organized the Crusaders who plundered Byzantium

Papal States

Empire destroyed Byzantine Empire by conquering Constantinople

Ottoman Empire

Country Greece fought against in Second Balkan War

Bulgaria

Country that defeated Greece in 1919-1922 War

Turkey

Greece intervented in this country after WWI, so it supported the above

Soviet Union

Mussolini tried to conquere Greece (but we all know how it's ended)...

Italy

And then this country occupied Greece for four years

Nazi Germany

This hoxhaist country (together with others) briefly supported communists during the Greek civil war

Albania

Existence of this non-recognized nation approved the impossibility of the Enosis

Northern Cyprus

This country had to add "North" to its name because of Greece

North Macedonia

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Level 69

Nov 8, 2025

It seems a bit funny when the "greatest enemies" list starts from legendary violent Troyan war and ends on ridiculuous argument over a neighbor's name!