What the records say
- When
- 425 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 36.92° N, 21.70° E
- Description
- naval battle during the Peloponnesian War (425 BC)
- Naval
- yes
5 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Cleon joins Demosthenes in the invasion by Athenian troops of Sphacteria”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Demosthenes besetzt den Hafen von Pylos an der Südwestküste des Peloponnes, der strategisch nahe an Sparta liegt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “La flotte Athénienne qui se rendait à Corcyre est contrainte par la tempête à faire relâche à Pylos, où elle construit des fortifications”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “伯罗奔尼撒战争：雅典在派娄斯之战和斯法吉亚之战中战胜斯巴达，拒绝斯巴达求和。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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