Persian fleet

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component of the Achaemenid military military unit naval force

The Persian fleet was the naval force of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, deployed in major maritime conflicts across the eastern Mediterranean and Aegean Seas.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Achaemenid navy	1
Persian fleet in the Aegean	1
Persian navy	1

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	component of the Achaemenid military ⓘ military unit ⓘ naval force ⓘ
activeDuring	4th century BCE ⓘ 5th century BCE ⓘ 6th century BCE ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Achaemenid Persian fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial Persian navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtUnder	Cyrus the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandLanguage	Old Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ
controlledBy	satraps of coastal provinces ⓘ
country	Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
declinePeriod	after Battle of Eurymedon ⓘ after Battle of Salamis ⓘ
engagedInBattle	Battle of Artemisium NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Cyprus (478–476 BCE) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Eurymedon NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Lade NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Mycale NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Salamis NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the River Pyramus NERFINISHED ⓘ
engagedInConflict	Greco-Persian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Ionian Revolt NERFINISHED ⓘ
eventualFate	superseded by Macedonian and Hellenistic navies ⓘ
expandedUnder	Cambyses II NERFINISHED ⓘ Darius I NERFINISHED ⓘ Xerxes I NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSource	Ctesias of Cnidus NERFINISHED ⓘ Diodorus Siculus NERFINISHED ⓘ Herodotus NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	Greek naval technology ⓘ Phoenician naval technology ⓘ
mainShipType	trireme ⓘ
notableCommander	Ariabignes NERFINISHED ⓘ Artemisia I of Caria NERFINISHED ⓘ Megabates NERFINISHED ⓘ Megabazus NERFINISHED ⓘ Phoenician admirals ⓘ
operatedIn	Aegean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian Gulf NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Achaemenid military NERFINISHED ⓘ
recruitedFrom	Carians NERFINISHED ⓘ Cilicians NERFINISHED ⓘ Cypriots NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyrenaicans NERFINISHED ⓘ Egyptians NERFINISHED ⓘ Ionians NERFINISHED ⓘ Lycians NERFINISHED ⓘ Pamphylians NERFINISHED ⓘ Phoenicians NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicRole	control of sea lanes ⓘ protection of maritime trade ⓘ support of amphibious operations ⓘ transport of troops and supplies ⓘ
supportedCampaign	First Persian invasion of Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian campaigns in the Aegean NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian conquest of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian conquest of Ionia NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian expedition to Scythia NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Persian invasion of Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Kings of Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedShipType	pentekonter ⓘ supply ship ⓘ transport ship ⓘ trireme ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Cnidus → combatant → Persian fleet ⓘ

Eurybiades → opposed → Persian fleet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian navy

Ariabignes → militaryBranch → Persian fleet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Achaemenid navy

Memnon of Rhodes → commanded → Persian fleet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian fleet in the Aegean