Battle of Aegospotami

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The Battle of Aegospotami was the decisive 405 BC naval defeat of Athens by Sparta that effectively ended the Peloponnesian War and led to the collapse of Athenian power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
naval battle
alsoKnownAs Battle of Aegospotami
surface form: Battle of Aegospotamoi

Battle of Aigos Potamos
belligerent Delian League
surface form: Athenian Empire

Athens
Peloponnesian League
Sparta
combatant Athenian navy
Spartan fleet
commander Cleon
surface form: Conon

Lysander
Philocles
conflictIn Peloponnesian War
consequence collapse of Athenian naval power
dismantling of Athenian empire
effective end of the Peloponnesian War
establishment of the Thirty Tyrants in Athens
siege of Athens
surrender of Athens
date 405 BC
era 5th century BC
followedBy siege of Athens
historicalPeriod Classical Greece
locatedIn Dardanelles
surface form: Hellespont
locatedInPresentDay Turkey
locatedNear Battle of Aegospotami self-linksurface differs
surface form: Aegospotami

Lampsacus
navalTheater Aegean Sea
notableFor decisive end to Athenian maritime supremacy
destruction of the Athenian fleet
opponent Athenian fleet
Spartan navy
surface form: Peloponnesian fleet
outcome decisive Spartan victory
partOf Ionian War
surface form: Ionian War phase of the Peloponnesian War

Peloponnesian War
precededBy Battle of Arginusae
primarySource Diodorus Siculus
Plutarch
Xenophon
result Spartan victory
significance marked the end of Athenian thalassocracy
strategicObjective cut off Athenian grain supply from the Black Sea
supportedBy Achaemenid Empire
surface form: Persian Empire
supportedSide Sparta
typeOfEngagement surprise attack on beached ships
year 405 BC

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Peloponnesian War notableBattle Battle of Aegospotami
Corinthian War notableBattle Battle of Aegospotami
this entity surface form: Battle of Aegospotami (naval context referenced as background)
Athenian navy lostInBattle Battle of Aegospotami
Lysander wonBattle Battle of Aegospotami
Lysander participatedIn Battle of Aegospotami
Battle of Aegospotami locatedNear Battle of Aegospotami self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Aegospotami
Battle of Aegospotami alsoKnownAs Battle of Aegospotami
this entity surface form: Battle of Aegospotamoi
Battle of Arginusae followedBy Battle of Aegospotami
Conon of Athens participatedIn Battle of Aegospotami
Battle of Cnidus relatedTo Battle of Aegospotami
Spartan navy notableBattle Battle of Aegospotami
Conon participatedIn Battle of Aegospotami