Peloponnesian War naval operations

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Peloponnesian War naval operations were the series of sea battles, blockades, and maritime campaigns between Athens and Sparta (and their allies) that played a decisive role in shaping the course and outcome of the Peloponnesian War in classical Greece.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf naval campaign ⓘ
belligerent Athenian navy ⓘ
Corinthian navy ⓘ
Persian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid Empire

Spartan fleet ⓘ
conflictBetween Athens ⓘ
Delian League ⓘ
Peloponnesian League ⓘ
Sparta ⓘ
documentedBy Thucydides ⓘ
Xenophon ⓘ
keyCommander Alcibiades ⓘ
Lysander ⓘ
Mindarus ⓘ
Nicias ⓘ
Pericles ⓘ
Phormio ⓘ
Thrasybulus ⓘ
location Aegean Sea ⓘ
Asia Minor coast ⓘ
linked to: Anatolian coast

Hellespont ⓘ
linked to: Dardanelles

Ionian Sea ⓘ
Saronic Gulf ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Abydos ⓘ
Battle of Aegospotami ⓘ
Battle of Arginusae ⓘ
Battle of Cynossema ⓘ
Battle of Cyzicus ⓘ
Battle of Naupactus ⓘ
Battle of Notium ⓘ
Battle of Pylos ⓘ
Battle of Sybota ⓘ
notableCampaign Ionian War phase ⓘ
Sicilian Expedition ⓘ
partOf Peloponnesian War ⓘ
resultedIn Athenian loss of naval supremacy ⓘ
Spartan control of the Aegean at war’s end ⓘ
strategicObjective blockade of enemy ports ⓘ
control of sea lanes ⓘ
projection of power to allied and subject cities ⓘ
protection of grain routes ⓘ
supportedBy Persian funding for Spartan fleet ⓘ
tacticUsed boarding actions ⓘ
diepēres (breaking the enemy line) ⓘ
naval blockades ⓘ
periplous (outflanking maneuver) ⓘ
ramming with bronze-sheathed prows ⓘ
timePeriod 431 BC – 404 BC ⓘ
usedVesselType transport ship ⓘ
trireme ⓘ

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Echinades Islands → mentionedInContextOf → Peloponnesian War naval operations ⓘ
Phormio → participatedIn → Peloponnesian War naval campaigns ⓘ
linked to: Peloponnesian War naval operations