Battle of NotiumBelligerentsSpartaAthensCommanders and leadersLysanderAntiochus†Strength 90 ships 80 shipsCasualties and losses No Casualties22 ships (15 captured, 7 sunk)The Battle of Notium (or Battle of Ephesus) in 406 BC was a Spartan naval victory in the Peloponnesian War. Prior to the battle, the Athenian commander, Alcibiades, left his helmsman, Antiochus, in command of the Athenian fleet, which was blockading the Spartan fleet in Ephesus.
CallicratidasCallicratidas (Greek: Καλλικρατίδας) was a Spartannavarch during the Peloponnesian War. He belonged to the non-citizen mothax class, yet despite his disfavored background he rose to prominence. In 406 BC, he was sent to the Aegean to take command of the Spartan fleet from the navarch Lysander. BiographyCallicratidas's tenure as navarch was short, and he encountered a number of difficulties.
LysanderLysander (; Ancient Greek: ΛύσανδροςLysandros; c. 454 BC – 395 BC) was a Spartan admiral and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of Sparta during the Peloponnesian War. He destroyed the Athenian fleet at the Battle of Aegospotami in 405 BC, forcing Athens to capitulate and bringing the Peloponnesian Wars to an end.
Battle of AegospotamiBelligerentsSpartaCorinthPeloponnesian LeagueAthensDelian LeagueCommanders and leadersLysanderAracusCononAdeimantusStrength 170 ships 180 ships36,000 menCasualties and losses Minimal 160 ships,3,000 sailors executedThe Battle of Aegospotami (Greek: Μάχη στους Αιγός Ποταμούς) was a naval confrontation that took place in 405 BC and was the last major battle of the Peloponnesian War. In the battle, a Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian navy.
AlcibiadesAlcibiades (; Ancient Greek: ; c. 450 – 404 BC) was an Athenian statesman and general. The last of the Alcmaeonidae, he played a major role in the second half of the Peloponnesian War as a strategic advisor, military commander, and politician, but subsequently fell from prominence. During the course of the Peloponnesian War, Alcibiades changed his political allegiance several times.
NavarchNavarch, Navarchus or Nauarchus (Greek: , návarchos) is an Anglicisation of a Greek word meaning "archon (leader) of the ships", which in some states became the title of an office equivalent to that of a modern admiral. Historical usageNot all states gave their naval commanders such a title. Athens, for instance, placed its fleet under the command of generals (strategoi) holding the same title as those who commanded its land forces.
Peloponnesian WarBelligerentsAthensDelian LeagueThessalyPlataeaArgosAcarnaniaElis (418 BC)Mantinea (418 BC)Segesta (415–413 BC)Etruscans (415–413 BC)SpartaPeloponnesian LeagueThebesBoeotian LeagueDelphiPhocisDorisAmbraciaMacedon (up until 421 BC)SyracuseSupported from 413 by: Tissaphernes (Achaemenid empire) (413–408 BC)Cyrus the Younger (from 408 BC)Commanders and leadersPericles#PhormioCleon†NiciasAlcibiadesX (in exile)DemosthenesArchidamus IIBrasidas†GylippusLysanderAgis IIPleistoanaxCasualties and lossesAt least 18,070 soldiersUnknown number of civilian casualties Unknown The Peloponnesian War was fought in the between the Athenian-led Delian League and the Spartan-led Peloponnesian League from 431 to 404 BC for hegemony over Ancient Greece.
Aegean SeaMediterranean between Greece and TurkeyThe Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the between Europe and Asia. It is located between the Balkans and Anatolia, and covers an area of some 215,000 km (83,000 sq mi). In the north, the Aegean is connected to the Marmara Sea, which in turn connects to the Black Sea, by the straits of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus, respectively.
ThraceThrace (, thrayss) is a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe roughly corresponding to the province of Thrace in the Roman Empire. Bounded by the Balkan Mountains to the north, the Aegean Sea to the south, and the Black Sea to the east, it comprises present-day southeastern Bulgaria, northeastern Greece, and the European part of Turkey, corresponding to Northern, Western and East Thrace respectively.
AthensAthens is the capital and largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica region and is the southernmost capital on the European mainland. With its urban area's population numbering over 3.6 million, it is the eighth-largest urban area in the European Union (EU).
Greek languageGreek (Modern Greek: ελληνικά, romanized: elliniká; Ancient Greek: ἑλληνική, romanized: hellēnikḗ) is an Indo-European language, constituting an independent Hellenic branch within the Indo-European language family. It is native to the territories that have had populations of Greeks since antiquity: Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, Turkey, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, Caucasus, the Black Sea coast, and the .
MithymnaMithymna (Greek pronunciation:) (Greek: Μήθυμνα, also sometimes spelled Methymna) is a town and former municipality on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality of West Lesbos, of which it is a municipal unit. Before 1919, its official name was Μόλυβος - Molyvos; that name dates back to the end of the Byzantine Era, but is still in common use today.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.