The Battle of Sphacteria was a land battle of the Peloponnesian War, fought in 425 BC between Athens and Sparta. Following the Battle of Pylos and subsequent...
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The Battle of Sphacteria took place during the Greek War of Independence on 8 May 1825 in Sphacteria between the Egyptian forces of Ibrahim Pasha and...
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was the site of three battles: the 425 BC Battle of Sphacteria in the Peloponnesian war. the 1825 AD Battle of Sphacteria in the Greek War of Independence...
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possession of the Spartan ships on a pretext, and settled in to besiege the hoplites on Sphacteria; eventually, in the Battle of Sphacteria, those hoplites...
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Anastasios Tsamados (category Greek military leaders of the Greek War of Independence)
famous Battle of Sphacteria. Anastasios Tsamados was born on the island of Hydra in 1772 or 1774. Anastasios Tsamados came from the Arvanite community of Hydra...
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Demosthenes (general) (category Athenians of the Peloponnesian War)
invasion of Sphacteria. The Athenian forces successfully attacked Sphacteria, forcing the Spartans to surrender – a very unusual event. See Battle of Pylos...
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finally return the prisoners taken at the Battle of Sphacteria earlier in 425 BC. According to the terms of the truce, "It is proposed that each side...
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Spartiates on Sphacteria continues without result. 4.26–4.27 Cleon takes command at Pylos. 4.27–4.29 Battle of Sphacteria results in the capture of all the...
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Cleon (category Ancient Greeks killed in battle)
Spartans who had been blockaded at the Battle of Sphacteria. Much of the credit was probably due to the military skill of his colleague Demosthenes (not the...
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April 19. The Battle of Kremmydi established Egyptian superiority, and on May 8, the Egyptians defeated the Greeks in the Battle of Sphacteria. David Brewer...
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Pylos (redirect from Bay of Navarin)
troops besieged on the adjacent island of Sphacteria (see Battle of Sphacteria). Spartan anxiety over the return of the prisoners, who were taken to Athens...
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Skirmisher (category Tactical formations of the Napoleonic Wars)
defeat at the hands of the Aetolian javelin men in 426 BC and, during the same war, the Athenian victory at the Battle of Sphacteria. Skirmisher infantry...
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by Athenian troops of Sphacteria. The resulting Battle of Pylos results in an Athenian victory leading to the surrender of many of the Spartan troops...
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Peloponnesian War (category Sieges of Athens)
at the Battle of Sphacteria. In a shocking turn of events, 300 Spartan hoplites encircled by Athenian forces surrendered. The Spartan image of invincibility...
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The Clouds (redirect from The Clouds of Aristophanes)
recently stopped their annual invasions of Attica after the Athenians had taken Spartan hostages in the Battle of Sphacteria in 425 and this, coupled with a defeat...
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before the performance of The Wasps, Athens had obtained a significant victory against its rival, Sparta, in the Battle of Sphacteria. Rightly or wrongly...
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Peltast (category Military units and formations of ancient Greece)
ended, if possible, taking advantage of any disorder created in the hoplites' ranks. At the Battle of Sphacteria, the Athenian forces included 800 archers...
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with an unknown number of cannons. Boarded and burned by the Venetians during the Battle of Zonchio (1499). ?, sister ship of the former, used by Kemal's...
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Psiloi (category Military units and formations of ancient Greece)
of psiloi against hoplitai was in the Battle of Sphacteria, in which the Athenian psiloi helped defeat a force of Spartan hoplitai, with powerful ramifications...
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Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Roman battles Sherman Storytelling:...
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Demagogue (section History and definition of the word)
after Athens had completely defeated the Peloponnesian fleet in the Battle of Sphacteria and Sparta could only beg for peace on almost any terms, Cleon persuaded...
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trophy of the battle in which they fought on the Athenian side in the island of Sphacteria and that they refrained from inscribing the name of the enemy...
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This is a list of known wars, conflicts, battles/sieges, missions and operations involving ancient Greek city states and kingdoms, Magna Graecia, other...
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Stoa Poikile (category Commemoration of the battle of Marathon)
painting of the Battle of Marathon as a key memorial of Athens' ancestral valour. Bronze shields captured from the Spartans at the Battle of Sphacteria in 425...
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Independence Battle of the Somme – 1916 – World War I Battle of the Somme (1918) – World War I Battle of Sphacteria – 425 BC – Peloponnesian War Battle of Spion...
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Hydra (island) (redirect from Island of Hydra)
(1774–1825), shipowner, admiral, Greek captain of the brig Aris, died heroically in the Battle of Sphacteria (1825), holding off the Egyptian-Turkish landing...
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philhellene Santarosa, who was killed in an earlier battle, on the shore of Sphacteria. The battle is commemorated each year on 20 October by all-day celebrations...
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to assist Demosthenes in the victory at the Battle of Sphacteria. He later increased the tribute payments of allied states and also increased juror's pay...
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by Athenian troops of Sphacteria. The resulting Battle of Pylos results in an Athenian victory leading to the surrender of many of the Spartan troops...
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intervention of the naval squadrons of the United Kingdom, the Restored Kingdom of France and Russia in the Battle of Navarino (20 October 1827). Their...
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