Persian–Athenian coalition

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The Persian–Athenian coalition was an alliance between the Achaemenid Persian Empire and Athens formed in the early 4th century BC to challenge Spartan naval dominance in the Aegean.

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Persian–Athenian coalition canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military alliance ⓘ
political alliance ⓘ
conflict Corinthian War ⓘ
diplomaticPartner Artaxerxes II ⓘ
Conon ⓘ
formedBy diplomatic negotiations between Athens and Persian authorities ⓘ
goal to challenge Spartan naval dominance ⓘ
to weaken Spartan hegemony in Greece ⓘ
hasLanguage Greek ⓘ
Old Persian ⓘ
hasMember Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Athens ⓘ
historicalPeriod Achaemenid period ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid Empire

Classical Greece ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Mediterranean region ⓘ
mainTheater Aegean Sea ⓘ
opposed Sparta ⓘ
politicalContext Persian intervention in Greek affairs ⓘ
post–Peloponnesian War Greek interstate rivalry ⓘ
relatedTo King's Peace ⓘ
Second Athenian League ⓘ
linked to: Delian League
result defeat of the Spartan fleet at Cnidus ⓘ
end of Spartan naval supremacy in the Aegean ⓘ
restoration of some Athenian maritime power ⓘ
significantBattle Battle of Cnidus ⓘ
startTime early 4th century BC ⓘ
supportedBy Achaemenid satraps in Asia Minor ⓘ
Persian royal treasury ⓘ
typeOfSupport financial support ⓘ
naval support ⓘ
strategic coordination against Sparta ⓘ
usedInstrument Athenian fleet ⓘ
Persian subsidies to Greek states ⓘ

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Battle of Cnidus → belligerentSide → Persian–Athenian coalition ⓘ