Lysander
c. 401 BCE – 395 BCE · aged 6
Spartan military and political leader (died 395 BC)
- Born
- 401 BCE · Sparta
- Died
- 395 BCE · Haliartos
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- c. 401 BCEBornBorn in Sparta
- 395 BCEWarBattle of Haliartus
- 395 BCEDiedDied in Haliartos
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Biography
Lysander (Ancient Greek: Λύσανδρος Lysandros; c. 454 BC – 395 BC) was a Spartan admiral and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of Sparta during the Peloponnesian War.
He destroyed the Athenian fleet at the Battle of Aegospotami in 405 BC, forcing Athens to capitulate and bringing the Peloponnesian Wars to an end. He then played a key role in Sparta's domination of Greece for the next decade until his death at the Battle of Haliartus in 395 BC.
Lysander's vision for Sparta differed from most Spartans; he wanted to overthrow the Athenian Empire and replace it with Spartan hegemony.
Text from the Wikipedia article Lysander, CC BY-SA 4.0
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