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Lysander
Sign in to saveLysander (; ; 454 BC – 395 BC) was a Spartan commander and statesman who was one of the leading military and political leaders of Sparta during the Peloponnesian Wars. 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.
Key facts
- Military person.native_name
- Λύσανδρος
- Military person.image
- Lysander outside the walls of Athens 19th century lithograph.jpg
- Military person.caption
- Lysander outside the walls of Athens, ordering their destruction. 19th century lithograph.
- Military person.image_size
- 300
- Military person.death_date
- 395 BC (aged 59)
- Military person.death_place
- Haliartus
- Military person.allegiance
- Sparta
- Military person.rank
- Navarch
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sparta
- Place of birth
- Sparta
- Place of death
- Haliartos
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Conflict
- Battle of Haliartus
- Military rank
- admiral
- Image
- Lysander-Sparta.jpg
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- date of death
- 0395-01-01
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- date of birth
- 0401-01-01
- allegiance
- Sparta
- Commons category
- Lysander
- P8168
- Josep Lluís Sert
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Admiral
- Vice-admiral
- Command in Athens
- Resistance by Athens
- Final years
- Death
- Legacy
- Commemoration
- Sayings attributed to Lysander
- Sources
- References
- External links
Lysander (; ; 454 BC – 395 BC) was a Spartan commander and statesman who was one of the leading military and political leaders of Sparta during the Peloponnesian Wars. 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.
Lysander's vision for Sparta differed from most Spartans; he wanted to overthrow the Athenian Empire and replace it with Spartan hegemony.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lysander” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.