Battle of Arginusae

The Battle of Arginusae took place in 406 BC during the Peloponnesian War near the city of Canae in the Arginusae Islands, east of the island of Lesbos. In the battle, an Athenian fleet commanded by eight strategoi defeated a Spartan fleet under Callicratidas. The battle was precipitated by a Spartan victory, which led to the Athenian fleet under Conon being blockaded at Mytilene. To relieve Conon, the Athenians assembled a scratch force composed largely of newly-constructed ships manned by inexperienced crews. The inexperienced fleet was thus tactically inferior to the Spartans, but its commanders circumvented the problem by employing new and unorthodox tactics, which allowed the Athenians to secure a dramatic and unexpected victory. Slaves and metics who participated in the battle may have been granted Athenian citizenship.

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naval battle, Turkey, 

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0080-01-01T00:00:00Z

-80 Siege of Mytilene

0405-01-01T00:00:00Z

0405-01-01T00:00:00Z

-405 Battle of Mytilene

1462-09-10T00:00:00Z

1462-09-15T00:00:00Z

1462 Ottoman conquest of Lesbos

1690-09-08T00:00:00Z

1690-09-08T00:00:00Z

1690 Battle of Mytilene

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	80	Siege of Mytilene	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	405	Battle of Mytilene	naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	405	Battle of Arginusae	naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1462	Ottoman conquest of Lesbos	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1690	Battle of Mytilene	Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire, naval battle	Wikidata
site	fort		Ceneviz Kulesi, Mardaliç Adası	watchtower, fortress	Wikidata