Corinthian War

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ancient Greek war

The Corinthian War was a major conflict in ancient Greece (395–387 BC) in which a coalition of city-states, including Athens, Thebes, Corinth, and Argos, fought against Spartan dominance, reshaping the balance of power in the Greek world.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Korinthian War 1
War of Corinth 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Corinthian War ⓘ
surface form: Korinthian War

Corinthian War ⓘ
surface form: War of Corinth
belligerent Argos ⓘ
Athens ⓘ
Corinth ⓘ
Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Persian Empire

Sparta ⓘ
Thebes ⓘ
cause Persian desire to curb Spartan power ⓘ
Spartan interference in Asia Minor ⓘ
opposition to Spartan hegemony after the Peloponnesian War ⓘ
conflictIn Classical Greece ⓘ
endTime 387 BC ⓘ
financedBy Persian satraps in Asia Minor ⓘ
followedBy Theban hegemony in Greece ⓘ
historicalPeriod 4th century BC ⓘ
impact contributed to later rise of Thebes ⓘ
enabled partial reconstruction of Athenian Long Walls ⓘ
reshaped balance of power among Greek city-states ⓘ
involvedCommander Agesilaus ⓘ
surface form: Agesilaus II

Antalcidas ⓘ
Conon of Athens ⓘ
Iphicrates ⓘ
Lysander ⓘ
Pharnabazus II ⓘ
location Aegean Sea ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ
Greek mainland ⓘ
Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: ancient Greece
mainTheater Aegean Sea naval operations ⓘ
Boeotia ⓘ
Isthmus of Corinth ⓘ
surface form: Corinthian Isthmus
notableBattle Battle of Aegospotami ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Aegospotami (naval context referenced as background)

Battle of Cnidus ⓘ
Battle of Coronea (394 BC) ⓘ
Battle of Haliartus ⓘ
Battle of Lechaeum ⓘ
Battle of Nemea ⓘ
opponent Sparta ⓘ
coalition of Athens, Thebes, Corinth, and Argos ⓘ
precededBy Peloponnesian War ⓘ
result Antalcidas Peace ⓘ
Athens partially restored its naval power ⓘ
King's Peace ⓘ
Persian influence over Greek affairs increased ⓘ
Spartan hegemony weakened ⓘ
sponsoredBy Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Achaemenid Persia
startTime 395 BC ⓘ
treaty Peace of Antalcidas ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Corinthian War → alsoKnownAs → Corinthian War ⓘ
this entity surface form: War of Corinth
Corinthian War → alsoKnownAs → Corinthian War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Korinthian War
Battle of Lechaeum → conflict → Corinthian War ⓘ
Hellenica → coversEvent → Corinthian War ⓘ
Athenian army → foughtIn → Corinthian War ⓘ
Corinth → foughtIn → Corinthian War ⓘ
Classical Greece → hasNotableWar → Corinthian War ⓘ
Athenian cavalry → notableConflict → Corinthian War ⓘ
Battle of Lechaeum → partOf → Corinthian War ⓘ
Boeotians → participatedIn → Corinthian War ⓘ
Iphicrates → participatedIn → Corinthian War ⓘ