Battle of Sybota

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The Battle of Sybota was a major naval clash between Corinth and Corcyra in 433 BCE that heightened tensions between Athens and Sparta and helped precipitate the Peloponnesian War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek battle ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
allyOf Athens ⓘ
belligerent Athens ⓘ
Corcyra ⓘ
Corinth ⓘ
cause dispute over Epidamnus ⓘ
combatant Athens ⓘ
Corcyra ⓘ
Corinth ⓘ
conflictIn Classical Greece ⓘ
contributedTo outbreak of the Peloponnesian War ⓘ
date 433 BCE ⓘ
describedBy Thucydides ⓘ
era 5th century BCE ⓘ
followedBy Megarian Decree imposed by Athens ⓘ
surface form: Megarian Decree (Athenian sanctions on Megara)
hasParticipant Athenian navy ⓘ
Corcyraean fleet ⓘ
surface form: Corcyraean navy

Corinthian navy ⓘ
historicalPeriod Age of Pericles ⓘ
surface form: Athenian Golden Age
involved Athenian fleet ⓘ
Corcyraean fleet ⓘ
Corinthian navy ⓘ
surface form: Corinthian fleet
languageOfPrimarySource Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedNear Corcyra ⓘ
northwestern Greece ⓘ
navalTechnology triremes ⓘ
notableFor being a proximate cause of the Peloponnesian War ⓘ
being one of the largest naval battles in Greek history before the Peloponnesian War ⓘ
opponent Corcyra ⓘ
Corinth ⓘ
opposedBy Sparta ⓘ
outcome strategic advantage for Corcyra and Athens ⓘ
partOf Corinth–Corcyra War ⓘ
place Ionian Sea ⓘ
off Sybota Islands ⓘ
politicalSignificance escalation of Athenian–Spartan rivalry ⓘ
test of Athenian alliance with Corcyra ⓘ
preceded Peloponnesian War ⓘ
relatedTo Corcyraean independence ⓘ
Corinthian colonial disputes ⓘ
result inconclusive ⓘ
source History of the Peloponnesian War ⓘ
triggered heightened tensions between Athens and Sparta ⓘ
typeOfEngagement trireme naval battle ⓘ
year 433 BCE ⓘ

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Peloponnesian War → notableBattle → Battle of Sybota ⓘ