Battle of Cyzicus

Battle of Cyzicus
Part of the Peloponnesian War
Date410 BC
Location
Near Cyzicus, Hellespont, modern Turkey
40°23′N 27°53′E / 40.38°N 27.89°E / 40.38; 27.89
Result Athenian victory
Territorial
changes
Cyzicus and other cities in the region captured by Athens
Belligerents
Athens Sparta
Achaemenid Empire
Commanders and leaders
Alcibiades
Thrasybulus
Theramenes
Chaereas
Mindarus 
Hippocrates
Clearchus
Hermocrates
Pharnabazus
Strength
86 triremes 60–80 triremes
Casualties and losses
Minimal Entire fleet
Cyzicus is located in Sea of Marmara
Cyzicus
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.

  1. ^ 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.