Battle of Arginusae
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The Battle of Arginusae was a major Athenian naval victory over Sparta in 406 BC that briefly shifted the balance of the Peloponnesian War but led to political turmoil in Athens over the treatment of shipwrecked sailors.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Arginusae canonical | 9 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle of the Peloponnesian War
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naval battle ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Athenian democracy
ⓘ
Athenian legal and constitutional crisis ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Delian League
ⓘ
surface form:
Athenian Empire
Peloponnesian League ⓘ |
| casualties (Athens) | significant losses in ships and sailors ⓘ |
| casualties (Sparta) | heavy losses in ships and men ⓘ |
| cause |
Athenian attempt to relieve Conon’s fleet
ⓘ
Spartan blockade of Conon at Mytilene ⓘ |
| combatant |
Athens
ⓘ
Sparta ⓘ |
| commandedBy (Athens) |
Archestratus (Athenian general)
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Aristocrates (Athenian general) ⓘ Diomedon ⓘ Lysias (Athenian general) ⓘ Pericles ⓘ
surface form:
Pericles the Younger
Protomachus ⓘ Thrasyllus ⓘ |
| commandedBy (Sparta) | Callicratidas ⓘ |
| conflictIn | Peloponnesian War ⓘ |
| date | 406 BC ⓘ |
| fleetSize (Athens) | about 150 triremes ⓘ |
| fleetSize (Sparta) | about 120 triremes ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of Aegospotami ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Classical Greece ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimaryAccounts | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| location |
near the Arginusae Islands
ⓘ
off the coast of Lesbos ⓘ |
| notableDeath | Callicratidas ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
Athenian deployment in an unusual double-line formation
ⓘ
use of an improvised Athenian citizen fleet ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ionian War
ⓘ
surface form:
Ionian War phase of the Peloponnesian War
|
| politicalConsequence |
controversy over failure to rescue shipwrecked sailors
ⓘ
execution of several Athenian generals ⓘ political turmoil in Athens ⓘ trial of the Athenian generals ⓘ |
| precededBy | Siege of Mytilene (406 BC) ⓘ |
| result | Athenian victory ⓘ |
| source |
Diodorus Siculus
ⓘ
surface form:
Diodorus Siculus’ Bibliotheca historica
Xenophon's Hellenica ⓘ
surface form:
Xenophon’s Hellenica
|
| strategicEffect |
brief shift in balance of the Peloponnesian War in favor of Athens
ⓘ
temporary restoration of Athenian naval superiority ⓘ |
| year | 406 BC ⓘ |
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