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Battle of Aegospotami: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date 405 BCE
Location Greece
Participants Athens • Sparta
Context Peloponnesian War

Timeline

Pylos
Battle of Pylos
July 425 BCE
Naval engagement during the Siege of Syracuse
Siege of Syracuse
September 413 BCE
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Battle of Aegospotami
405 BCE

Key People

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Lysander
Greek military leader

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