Back Schlacht von Kyzikos German Ναυμαχία της Κυζίκου Greek Batalla de Cícico Spanish نبرد کوزیکوس Persian Bataille de Cyzique French קרב קיזיקוס HE Battaglia di Cizico (410 a.C.) Italian Slag bij Cyzicus (410 v.Chr.) Dutch Slaget ved Kyzikos NB Bitwa pod Kyzikos (410 p.n.e.) Polish
| Battle of Cyzicus | |||||||||
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| Part of the Peloponnesian War | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Athens |
Sparta Achaemenid Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Alcibiades Thrasybulus Theramenes Chaereas |
Mindarus † Hippocrates Clearchus Hermocrates Pharnabazus | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 86 triremes | 60–80 triremes | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Minimal | Entire fleet | ||||||||
  Cyzicus Location within Sea of Marmara | |||||||||
The Battle of Cyzicus (Greek: Kyzikos) took place in May or June 410 BC during the Peloponnesian War.[1] During the battle, an Athenian fleet commanded by Alcibiades, Thrasybulus, and Theramenes routed and destroyed a Spartan fleet commanded by Mindarus. The victory allowed Athens to recover control over a number of cities in the Hellespont over the next year. In the wake of their defeat, the Spartans made a peace offer, which the Athenians rejected.
- ^ D. H. Kelly, Xenophon’s Hellenika: a Commentary (ed. J. McDonald), vol. 1, Amsterdam, 2019, p. 76 (Table 13) following K. J. Beloch, Griechische Geschichte, vol. 2.2, Strassburg, 1912, pp. 245-6, 392. But H. Lohse, Quaestiones chronologicae ad Xenophontis Hellenica pertinentes, Leipzig, 1905, pp. 4-5, 10-11 argues for March 410.