Battle of Cnidus

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battle naval battle

The Battle of Cnidus was a decisive 394 BC naval engagement in which a Persian-backed fleet led by the Athenian Conon destroyed Spartan sea power, helping to end Sparta’s dominance in the Greek world.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Cnidus canonical	9

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ naval battle ⓘ
aftermath	Sparta ⓘ surface form: Sparta lost control of the Aegean Sea Spartan fleet largely destroyed ⓘ enabled rebuilding of Athenian Long Walls ⓘ
belligerent	Persian satrapy of Hellespontine Phrygia ⓘ surface form: Achaemenid satrapy of Hellespontine Phrygia Sparta ⓘ surface form: Lacedaemonian Empire
belligerentSide	Persian–Athenian coalition ⓘ Spartan naval forces ⓘ
cause	Persian desire to expel Spartans from Ionia ⓘ Spartan intervention in Asia Minor ⓘ
combatant	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Athenian contingent ⓘ Spartan navy ⓘ surface form: Lacedaemonian fleet Persian fleet ⓘ Sparta ⓘ
commandedBy	Athenian admiral Conon ⓘ Peisander of Sparta ⓘ surface form: Spartan navarch Peisander
commander	Conon ⓘ Peisander of Sparta ⓘ Pharnabazus II ⓘ
conflict	Corinthian War ⓘ
date	394 BC ⓘ
era	Classical Greece ⓘ
fleetType	trireme fleet ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late 5th–early 4th century BC Greek history ⓘ
locatedIn	Aegean Sea ⓘ near Cnidus ⓘ
navalTactics	trireme ramming and maneuver warfare ⓘ
opponentOf	Spartan hegemony ⓘ
partOf	Corinthian War ⓘ Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ surface form: Greek–Persian conflicts
place	off Cnidus ⓘ
relatedTo	Battle of Aegospotami ⓘ Battle of Coronea (394 BC) ⓘ King's Peace ⓘ surface form: King’s Peace
result	collapse of Spartan maritime supremacy in the Aegean ⓘ decisive Persian–Athenian victory ⓘ destruction of Spartan naval power ⓘ end of Spartan thalassocracy ⓘ
significance	helped end Sparta’s dominance in the Greek world ⓘ restored Athenian influence at sea ⓘ
strategicObjective	break Spartan naval dominance ⓘ restore Persian control over coastal Asia Minor ⓘ
supportedBy	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Pharnabazus II ⓘ surface form: Achaemenid satrap Pharnabazus II
year	394 BC ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Corinthian War → notableBattle → Battle of Cnidus ⓘ

King's Peace → relatedEvent → Battle of Cnidus ⓘ

Conon of Athens → participatedIn → Battle of Cnidus ⓘ

Pharnabazus II → participatedIn → Battle of Cnidus ⓘ

Battle of Nemea → followedBy → Battle of Cnidus ⓘ

Spartan navy → notableBattle → Battle of Cnidus ⓘ

Spartan navy → declineAfter → Battle of Cnidus ⓘ

Conon → participatedIn → Battle of Cnidus ⓘ

Conon → notableVictory → Battle of Cnidus ⓘ