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The Battle of Cyzicus (Greek: Kyzikos) took place in May or June 410 BC during the Peloponnesian War. During the battle, an Athenian fleet commanded by Alcibiades, Thrasybulus, and Theramenes routed and destroyed a Spartan fleet commanded by Mindarus.
- 410 BC
- Athenian victory
The siege of Cyzicus took place in 73 BC between the armies of Mithridates VI of Pontus and the Roman-allied citizens of Cyzicus in Mysia and Roman Republican forces under Lucius Licinius Lucullus. It was in fact a siege and a counter-siege. It ended in a decisive Roman victory.
- 73 BC
- Roman victory
- Cyzicus(modern-day Erdek, Balıkesir, Turkey)
410 BCE Jan 1. Battle of Cyzicus. Cyzicus. Alcibiades persuaded the Athenian fleet to attack the Spartans at the battle of Cyzicus in 410. In the battle, the Athenians obliterated the Spartan fleet, and succeeded in re-establishing the financial basis of the Athenian Empire.
The battle took place in the context of the Year of the Five Emperors, a tumultuous period in the Roman Empire when Emperor Pertinax was assassinated by the Praetorian Guards. The Praetorian Guards then held an auction for the throne, which was won by Didius Julianus, who became emperor.
The Battle of Cyzicus in 410 BC was a small-scale naval battle during the Peloponnesian War between an Athenian fleet led by Alcibiades and a Peloponnesian fleet led by Sparta.
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THE STRATEGY OF THE BATTLE OF CYZICUS ROBERT J. LITTMAN Brandeis University There are three major accounts of the battle of Cyzicus: Xenophon, Hellenica i.i.ii-i8, Diodorus Siculus I3.49-5i, and Plutarch, Life of Alcibiades 28.I In general most historians reject the accounts of Dio-dorus and Plutarch in favor of Xenophon.z This rejection is based
