Battle of Lechaeum

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The Battle of Lechaeum was a notable engagement of the Corinthian War (390 BC) in which a smaller Athenian force under Iphicrates used peltasts to decisively defeat a Spartan mora near Corinth.

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Generate an image of the Battle of Lechaeum (The Battle of Lechaeum was a notable engagement of the Corinthian War (390 BC) in which a smaller Athenian force under Iphicrates used peltasts to decisively defeat a Spartan mora near Corinth.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
belligerent Athenian peltasts ⓘ
Spartan heavy infantry ⓘ
campaign operations around Corinth in the Corinthian War ⓘ
casualtiesSide heavy Spartan casualties ⓘ
light Athenian casualties ⓘ
chronology occurred after the Battle of Nemea ⓘ
occurred before the end of the Corinthian War ⓘ
combatant Athenian forces ⓘ
Spartan forces ⓘ
commandedBySide Athenian forces were commanded by Iphicrates ⓘ
commander Iphicrates ⓘ
conflict Corinthian War ⓘ
date 390 BC ⓘ
era Classical Greece ⓘ
geographicalContext near the port of Corinth on the Corinthian Gulf ⓘ
hasParticipant Athens ⓘ
Sparta ⓘ
historicalPeriod 4th century BC ⓘ
involvedAlliance Athenian allies in the Corinthian War ⓘ
involvedCityState Corinth ⓘ
largerForce Spartan mora ⓘ
location Lechaeum ⓘ
near Corinth ⓘ
militaryInnovation systematic use of peltasts in skirmishing tactics ⓘ
notableFor decisive defeat of a Spartan mora ⓘ
effective use of peltasts against hoplites ⓘ
opposingCommander Spartan mora commander ⓘ
opposingUnitType Spartan hoplites ⓘ
Spartan mora ⓘ
opposingWeaponType hoplite shields ⓘ
spears ⓘ
partOf Corinthian War ⓘ
primarySource Xenophon’s Hellenica ⓘ
relatedTo Iphicratean reforms ⓘ
Peloponnesian military tactics ⓘ
result Athenian victory ⓘ
smallerForce Athenian force ⓘ
strategicOutcome weakened Spartan land dominance ⓘ
tacticalSignificance demonstrated vulnerability of hoplites to light infantry ⓘ
showed effectiveness of hit-and-run tactics ⓘ
terrain open ground near the road between Corinth and Lechaeum ⓘ
typeOfWarfare land battle ⓘ
usedMilitaryUnitType light infantry ⓘ
peltasts ⓘ
weaponTypeUsed javelins ⓘ
shields ⓘ

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Athenian army → foughtIn → Battle of Lechaeum ⓘ
Corinthian War → notableBattle → Battle of Lechaeum ⓘ
Corinthian troops → participatedIn → Battle of Lechaeum ⓘ