Peloponnesian War naval operations

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Peloponnesian War naval operations were the series of sea battles, blockades, and maritime campaigns between Athens and Sparta (and their allies) that played a decisive role in shaping the course and outcome of the Peloponnesian War in classical Greece.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf naval campaign
belligerent Athenian navy
Corinthian navy
Persian Empire
linked to: Achaemenid Empire

Spartan fleet
conflictBetween Athens
Delian League
Peloponnesian League
Sparta
documentedBy Thucydides
Xenophon
keyCommander Alcibiades
Lysander
Mindarus
Nicias
Pericles
Phormio
Thrasybulus
location Aegean Sea
Asia Minor coast
linked to: Anatolian coast

Hellespont
linked to: Dardanelles

Ionian Sea
Saronic Gulf
Sicily
notableBattle Battle of Abydos
Battle of Aegospotami
Battle of Arginusae
Battle of Cynossema
Battle of Cyzicus
Battle of Naupactus
Battle of Notium
Battle of Pylos
Battle of Sybota
notableCampaign Ionian War phase
Sicilian Expedition
partOf Peloponnesian War
resultedIn Athenian loss of naval supremacy
Spartan control of the Aegean at war’s end
strategicObjective blockade of enemy ports
control of sea lanes
projection of power to allied and subject cities
protection of grain routes
supportedBy Persian funding for Spartan fleet
tacticUsed boarding actions
diepēres (breaking the enemy line)
naval blockades
periplous (outflanking maneuver)
ramming with bronze-sheathed prows
timePeriod 431 BC – 404 BC
usedVesselType transport ship
trireme

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Echinades Islands mentionedInContextOf Peloponnesian War naval operations
Phormio participatedIn Peloponnesian War naval campaigns
linked to: Peloponnesian War naval operations