Battle of Aegospotami

Battle of Aegospotami
	Part of the Peloponnesian War
Date	405 BC
Location	Aegospotami, Hellespont; (present-day Çanakkale Province, Turkey)40°15′N 26°33′E / 40.250°N 26.550°E
Result	Decisive Spartan victory; Athens is besieged and surrenders; End of the Peloponnesian War;
Belligerents
Sparta; Corinth; Peloponnesian League;	Athens; Delian League;
Commanders and leaders
Lysander; Aracus; Cleomedes of Samos	Conon; Philocles; Adeimantus
Strength
170 ships	180 ships 36,000 men
Casualties and losses
Minimal	160 ships,; 3,000 sailors executed
	class=notpageimage\| Location of the Battle of Aegospotami

The Battle of Aegospotami (Greek: Μάχη στους Αιγός Ποταμούς) was a naval confrontation that took place in 405 BC and was the last major battle of the Peloponnesian War. In the battle, a Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian navy. This effectively ended the war, since Athens could not import grain or communicate with its empire without control of the sea.

^ Pausanias; Levi, P. (July 27, 2006). Guide to Greece, Volume 2 (2nd ed.). Penguin. p. 10.9.10. ISBN 978-0140442267.
^ Eggenberger, p 6. The author writes that the Athenians had 170 ships and that 20 escaped.
^ Donald Kagan, The Fall of the Athenian Empire, (1987), p. 386; Diod. 13.105.1.
^ Donald Kagan, The Fall of the Athenian Empire, (1987), p. 386.
^ Pomeroy et al, p 327. The authors claim 171 Athenian ships were captured and a "handful" escaped.

[1] Pausanias; Levi, P. (July 27, 2006). Guide to Greece, Volume 2 (2nd ed.). Penguin. p. 10.9.10. ISBN 978-0140442267.

[2] Eggenberger, p 6. The author writes that the Athenians had 170 ships and that 20 escaped.

[3] Donald Kagan, The Fall of the Athenian Empire, (1987), p. 386; Diod. 13.105.1.

[4] Donald Kagan, The Fall of the Athenian Empire, (1987), p. 386.

[5] Pomeroy et al, p 327. The authors claim 171 Athenian ships were captured and a "handful" escaped.

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