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Battle of Aegospotami

405 BCE · 5th century BCE · Part of the Peloponnesian War

The Battle of Aegospotami was a naval battle in 405 BCE on the Hellespont, near Sestos. The Spartan admiral Lysander surprised the Athenian fleet drawn up on the beach and captured or destroyed almost all of it. With its fleet lost and its grain route cut, Athens surrendered in 404 BCE, ending the Peloponnesian War.

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Sestos

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Pericles' Funeral OrationWinter 431–430 BCE

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