Callicratidas
Sign in to saveCallicratidas () was a Spartan navarch during the Peloponnesian War. He belonged to the mothax class so he was not a Spartiate, despite his status he had risen to prominence. In 406 BC, he was sent to the Aegean to take command of the Spartan fleet from the navarch Lysander.
Key facts
- Military person.name
- Callicratidas
- Military person.native_name
- Καλλικρατίδας
- Military person.birth_date
- 450 BC
- Military person.death_date
- 406 BC
- Military person.death_place
- Aegean Sea
- Military person.allegiance
- Lacedaemon
- Military person.serviceyears
- 406 - 406 BC
- Military person.battles
- Battle of Mytilene Battle of Arginusae
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sparta
- Place of death
- Arginusae
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Position held
- navarch
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Conflict
- Battle of Mytilene
- Military branch
- Spartan army
- Military rank
- navarch
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- date of death
- 0406-00-00
- date of birth
- 0500-01-01
- time period
- classical antiquity
- name in native language
- Καλλικρατίδας
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Pseudo-Callicratidas<!--'Pseudo-Callicratidas' redirects here-->
- Notes
- References
- External links
Callicratidas () was a Spartan navarch during the Peloponnesian War. He belonged to the mothax class so he was not a Spartiate, despite his status he had risen to prominence. In 406 BC, he was sent to the Aegean to take command of the Spartan fleet from the navarch Lysander.
==Biography== Callicratidas's tenure as navarch was short, and he encountered a number of difficulties. Chief among these were the intrigues of his predecessor, who had apparently returned the money from which the fleet was supposed to be paid for to its source, the Persian prince Cyrus. Callicratidas needed money from Cyrus to pay his men, but, as a traditionalist Spartan, he was loath to request it from a Persian. His halfhearted attempts to secure funding from Cyrus fell through, and he was forced to find an alternative source of funds, which the city of Miletus eventually provided.
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