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Callicratidas
Callicratidas | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Καλλικρατίδας |
| Born | c. 450 BC |
| Died | 406 BC Aegean Sea |
| Allegiance | Lacedaemon |
| Years of service | 406 - 406 BC |
| Battles / wars | Battle of Mytilene Battle of Arginusae † |
Callicratidas (Greek: Καλλικρατίδας) was a Spartan navarch during the Peloponnesian War. He belonged to the mothax class so he was not a Spartiate, despite his status he had risen to prominence.[1] In 406 BC, he was sent to the Aegean to take command of the Spartan fleet from the navarch Lysander.
- ^ Donald Kagan, The Fall of the Athenian Empire, Cornell University, 1987, p. 327.
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