What the records say
- When
- 411 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 40.20° N, 26.41° E
- Description
- naval engagement during the Peloponnesian War (411 BC) Athenian victory
- Naval
- yes
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Abydos
411 BCE naval engagement between Athens and Sparta, part of the Peloponnesian War
The Battle of Abydos was an Athenian naval victory in the Peloponnesian War. In the battle, the Spartan fleet, under Mindarus, attempted to rescue a small allied fleet that had been driven ashore at Dardanus, but was attacked by the Athenian fleet, under Thrasybulus.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Seeschlacht von Abydos siegen die Athener über die verbündeten Spartaner und Perser”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le démocrate Alcibiade remporte une victoire navale à Abydos sur les flottes péloponésienne et syracusaine, commandées par Mindare et par Hermocrate”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page