Battle of Aigos Potamos

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The Battle of Aigos Potamos was the decisive 405 BC naval engagement in the Peloponnesian War in which the Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian navy, effectively ending Athens’ maritime empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
naval battle
alsoKnownAs Aegospotami
Battle of Aegospotami
AthenianCommanderEscaped Conon
AthenianFleetCommander Conon
AthenianShipsEscaped 9 triremes
AthenianShipsLost almost entire Athenian fleet
belligerent Athenian Empire
Athens
Peloponnesian League
Sparta
combatantType Greek city-states
commander Conon
Lysander
conflict Peloponnesian War
consequence collapse of Athenian maritime empire
destruction of the Athenian fleet
end of Athenian naval supremacy
siege of Athens
surrender of Athens
date 405 BC
decisiveAgainst Athens
decisiveFor Sparta
era Classical Greece
followedBy Siege of Athens (404 BC)
linked to: siege of Athens
geographicalContext northern Aegean Sea
historicalSource Diodorus Siculus
Xenophon
locatedIn Thracian Chersonese
locatedNear Lampsacus
locatedOn Hellespont
linked to: Dardanelles
navalForce Athenian navy
Spartan fleet
outcome decisive Spartan victory
partOf Ionian War phase of the Peloponnesian War
Peloponnesian War
place Aigos Potamos
predecessorEvent Battle of Arginusae
relatedTo Spartan admiral Lysander
downfall of Athenian democracy in 404 BC
result Spartan victory
significance decisive battle ending the Peloponnesian War in Sparta's favor
marked the end of Athens as the leading naval power in Greece
SpartanFleetCommander Lysander
SpartanStrategy surprise attack on beached Athenian ships
year 405 BC

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Battle of Aegospotami alsoKnownAs Battle of Aigos Potamos