Our sources inform us only of one battle in the war, doubtless the last, their point of departure being the death of the Thessalian Amphidamas, subject of a hymn by Hesiod. In this battle it was assistance from the Thessalian cavalry that won the day for Chalcis. If the information is well-founded, the war must have taken place in the last quarter of the 8th century B.C. On one view, the Chalcideans' victory resulted in the Spartans gaining control of the southern Peloponnese and the colonial activities of Chalcis and Corinth in the western Mediterranean being enhanced. The above led in turn to strengthening the authority of the Delphic Oracle, which exercised influence, via its oracular utterances, on the choice of where to found a new colony.
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