Battle of Aegospotami

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The Battle of Aegospotami was the decisive 405 BC naval defeat of Athens by Sparta that effectively ended the Peloponnesian War and led to the collapse of Athenian power.

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Generate an image of the Battle of Aegospotami (The Battle of Aegospotami was the decisive 405 BC naval defeat of Athens by Sparta that effectively ended the Peloponnesian War and led to the collapse of Athenian power.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Aegospotamoi ⓘ
Battle of Aigos Potamos ⓘ
belligerent Athenian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Delian League

Athens ⓘ
Peloponnesian League ⓘ
Sparta ⓘ
combatant Athenian navy ⓘ
Spartan fleet ⓘ
commander Conon ⓘ
linked to: Cleon

Lysander ⓘ
Philocles ⓘ
conflictIn Peloponnesian War ⓘ
consequence collapse of Athenian naval power ⓘ
dismantling of Athenian empire ⓘ
effective end of the Peloponnesian War ⓘ
establishment of the Thirty Tyrants in Athens ⓘ
siege of Athens ⓘ
surrender of Athens ⓘ
date 405 BC ⓘ
era 5th century BC ⓘ
followedBy siege of Athens ⓘ
historicalPeriod Classical Greece ⓘ
locatedIn Hellespont ⓘ
linked to: Dardanelles
locatedInPresentDay Turkey ⓘ
locatedNear Aegospotami ⓘ
Lampsacus ⓘ
navalTheater Aegean Sea ⓘ
notableFor decisive end to Athenian maritime supremacy ⓘ
destruction of the Athenian fleet ⓘ
opponent Athenian fleet ⓘ
Peloponnesian fleet ⓘ
linked to: Spartan navy
outcome decisive Spartan victory ⓘ
partOf Ionian War phase of the Peloponnesian War ⓘ
linked to: Ionian War

Peloponnesian War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Arginusae ⓘ
primarySource Diodorus Siculus ⓘ
Plutarch ⓘ
Xenophon ⓘ
result Spartan victory ⓘ
significance marked the end of Athenian thalassocracy ⓘ
strategicObjective cut off Athenian grain supply from the Black Sea ⓘ
supportedBy Persian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid Empire
supportedSide Sparta ⓘ
typeOfEngagement surprise attack on beached ships ⓘ
year 405 BC ⓘ

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

Peloponnesian War → notableBattle → Battle of Aegospotami ⓘ
Corinthian War → notableBattle → Battle of Aegospotami (naval context referenced as background) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Aegospotami
Athenian navy → lostInBattle → Battle of Aegospotami ⓘ
Lysander → wonBattle → Battle of Aegospotami ⓘ
Lysander → participatedIn → Battle of Aegospotami ⓘ
Battle of Aegospotami → locatedNear → Aegospotami ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Aegospotami
Battle of Aegospotami → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Aegospotamoi ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Aegospotami
Battle of Arginusae → followedBy → Battle of Aegospotami ⓘ
Conon of Athens → participatedIn → Battle of Aegospotami ⓘ
Battle of Cnidus → relatedTo → Battle of Aegospotami ⓘ
Spartan navy → notableBattle → Battle of Aegospotami ⓘ
Conon → participatedIn → Battle of Aegospotami ⓘ
Ionian War → hasPart → Battle of Aegospotami ⓘ
Ionian War → decisiveBattle → Battle of Aegospotami ⓘ
Philocles → associatedWithEvent → Battle of Aegospotami ⓘ
siege of Athens → precededBy → Battle of Aegospotami ⓘ
Battle of Aigos Potamos → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Aegospotami ⓘ
Battle of Aigos Potamos → alsoKnownAs → Aegospotami ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Aegospotami
Peloponnesian War naval operations → notableBattle → Battle of Aegospotami ⓘ
Conon → participatedIn → Battle of Aegospotami ⓘ
subject linked to: Athenian admiral Conon