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Aegospotamos

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Aegospotamos , river of ancient Thrace flowing into the Hellespont. At its mouth in 405 BC occurred the culminating battle of the Peloponnesian War . Lysander and his Spartan fleet had come north to cut the grain supply of Athens. The Athenian fleet under Conon came to Aegospotamos and at first vainly tried to induce the Spartans to fight. Despite the warnings of Alcibiades , Conon and his men did not take proper precautions. Lysander fell upon them and completely destroyed the Athenian fleet. Author not available, AEGOSPOTAMOS. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Editio... Read more
Lysander
...BC) the Athenians off Notium. Later he was responsible for the capture (405 BC) of the Athenian fleet at the mouth of the Aegospotamos and for the final submission (404 BC) of Athens to Sparta. He set up, in each of Athens' allied states, 10 oligarchs and... Read more
Çanakkale
...fortified and has a 15th-century fort. In World War I the city and fort were bombarded (1915) during the Gallipoli campaign. Near Çanakkale are the mouth of the historic Aegospotamos River and the ruins of the ancient towns of Abydos and Sestos. Read more

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