Battle of Cnidus

When

394 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

36.69° N, 27.38° E

Description

battle during the Corinthian War

394 BCE naval engagement between the Achaemenid Empire and Sparta

The Battle of Cnidus was a military operation conducted in 394 BC by the Achaemenid Empire against the Spartan fleet during the Corinthian War. A fleet under the joint command of Pharnabazus and former Athenian admiral, Conon, destroyed the Spartan fleet led by the inexperienced Peisander, ending Sparta's brief bid for naval supremacy.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Athenian general Conon, the Persian satrap Pharnabazus and Evagoras, King of Salamis”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Schlacht von Knidos: Durch den Ausbruch des Korinthischen Krieges im Vorjahr, zieht sich die spartanische Armee unter König Agesilaos II. aus Kleinasien zurück”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire navale de Cnide remportée par la flotte perse dirigée par Conon, un athénien, et le satrape Pharnabaze”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Cnidos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Spartan–Persian War399 BCE · War