Battle of Cnidus

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The Battle of Cnidus was a decisive 394 BC naval engagement in which a Persian-backed fleet led by the Athenian Conon destroyed Spartan sea power, helping to end Sparta’s dominance in the Greek world.

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Battle of Cnidus canonical 13

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
aftermath Sparta lost control of the Aegean Sea ⓘ
linked to: Sparta

Spartan fleet largely destroyed ⓘ
enabled rebuilding of Athenian Long Walls ⓘ
belligerent Achaemenid satrapy of Hellespontine Phrygia ⓘ
Lacedaemonian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Sparta
belligerentSide Persian–Athenian coalition ⓘ
Spartan naval forces ⓘ
cause Persian desire to expel Spartans from Ionia ⓘ
Spartan intervention in Asia Minor ⓘ
combatant Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Athenian contingent ⓘ
Lacedaemonian fleet ⓘ
linked to: Spartan navy

Persian fleet ⓘ
Sparta ⓘ
commandedBy Athenian admiral Conon ⓘ
Spartan navarch Peisander ⓘ
linked to: Peisander of Sparta
commander Conon ⓘ
Peisander of Sparta ⓘ
Pharnabazus II ⓘ
conflict Corinthian War ⓘ
date 394 BC ⓘ
era Classical Greece ⓘ
fleetType trireme fleet ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 5th–early 4th century BC Greek history ⓘ
locatedIn Aegean Sea ⓘ
near Cnidus ⓘ
navalTactics trireme ramming and maneuver warfare ⓘ
opponentOf Spartan hegemony ⓘ
partOf Corinthian War ⓘ
Greek–Persian conflicts ⓘ
linked to: Greco-Persian Wars
place off Cnidus ⓘ
relatedTo Battle of Aegospotami ⓘ
Battle of Coronea (394 BC) ⓘ
King’s Peace ⓘ
linked to: King's Peace
result collapse of Spartan maritime supremacy in the Aegean ⓘ
decisive Persian–Athenian victory ⓘ
destruction of Spartan naval power ⓘ
end of Spartan thalassocracy ⓘ
significance helped end Sparta’s dominance in the Greek world ⓘ
restored Athenian influence at sea ⓘ
strategicObjective break Spartan naval dominance ⓘ
restore Persian control over coastal Asia Minor ⓘ
supportedBy Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Achaemenid satrap Pharnabazus II ⓘ
linked to: Pharnabazus II
year 394 BC ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Corinthian War → notableBattle → Battle of Cnidus ⓘ
King's Peace → relatedEvent → Battle of Cnidus ⓘ
Conon of Athens → participatedIn → Battle of Cnidus ⓘ
Pharnabazus II → participatedIn → Battle of Cnidus ⓘ
Battle of Nemea → followedBy → Battle of Cnidus ⓘ
Spartan navy → notableBattle → Battle of Cnidus ⓘ
Spartan navy → declineAfter → Battle of Cnidus ⓘ
Conon → participatedIn → Battle of Cnidus ⓘ
Conon → notableVictory → Battle of Cnidus ⓘ
Peisander of Sparta → event → Battle of Cnidus ⓘ
Peisander of Sparta → participantIn → Battle of Cnidus ⓘ
Conon → participatedIn → Battle of Cnidus ⓘ
subject linked to: Athenian admiral Conon