What the records say
- When
- 411 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 40.14° N, 26.39° E
- Description
- naval battle during the Second Peloponnesian War (411 BC)
- Naval
- yes
Battle of Cynossema
Naval battle during the Second Peloponnesian War (411 BC)
The naval Battle of Cynossema took place in 411 BC during the Second Peloponnesian War. In the battle, an Athenian fleet commanded by Thrasybulus and Thrasyllus, although initially thrown on the defensive by a numerically superior Spartan fleet, won a narrow victory.
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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 navy under Thrasybulus recalls Alcibiades from Sardis”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Nachdem Athen in der Schlacht von Kynossema unterliegt, wird der Rat der Vierhundert gestürzt, und die Demokratie wiederhergestellt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Athènes est victorieuse à la bataille navale de Kynossema”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page