Battle of Lake Maeotis

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Battle of Lake Maeotis
Date 309 BC Location Sea of Azov, Crimea Result Siracen Victory Eumelos becomes King of the Cimmerians
Belligerents
Siraces	Bosporan Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Eumelos Aripharnes(?)	Prytanis
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Low	High

The Battle of Lake Maeotis was a military engagement of the Spartocid civil war that took place in winter of 309 BC near the Maeotic Lake. It was fought between the forces of Prytanis I, who succeeded his late brother Satyros II, and the pretender Eumelos who had recently killed Satyros II at Siracena.^[1][2]