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Lysander

d. 395 BCE · 5th century BCE

Lysander was a Spartan admiral and statesman who won the Peloponnesian War for Sparta. With Persian money from Cyrus the Younger he built a fleet that destroyed the Athenian navy at Aegospotami in 405 BCE, then blockaded Athens into surrender in 404 BCE. He installed pro-Spartan oligarchies across the Aegean and was killed at Haliartus in 395 BCE.

Lysander
Image: 19th century lithograph, unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Lysander. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lysander
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