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Brasidas

d. 422 BCE · 5th century BCE

Brasidas was a Spartan general of the Peloponnesian War. In 424 BCE he marched through Thessaly to the Chalcidice, where he won over Athenian allies and captured Amphipolis. He was killed in 422 BCE defending Amphipolis in the battle where the Athenian leader Cleon also died, and the city honoured him as its founder.

Brasidas
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Mentioned in 2 state histories

AmphipolisChalcidian League

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