Battle of Nemea

Battle of Nemea
Part of the Corinthian War
The Athenian cavalryman Dexileos fighting an hoplite.[1] Dexileos was killed in action near Corinth in the summer of 394 BC during the Corinthian War. Dexileos probably died in the Battle of Nemea itself,[1] or in a proximate engagement.[2] Grave Stele of Dexileos, early 4th century BC.
Date 394 BC Location Nemea, Peloponnese, present-day Greece 37°48′32″N 22°42′37″E / 37.8089°N 22.7103°E / 37.8089; 22.7103 Result Spartan victory
Belligerents
Sparta Peloponnesian League	Thebes Argos Athens Corinth
Commanders and leaders
Aristodemus	Thrasybulus (Athenian contingent)
Strength
18,000–19,000 hoplites 600 cavalrymen 300 archers 400 slingers	24,000 hoplites 6,000 Athenian 7,000 Argives 5,000 Boeotians 3,000 Corinthians 3,000 Euboeans 1,550 cavalrymen 600 Athenians 800 Boeotians 100 from Chalcis 50 Locrians
Casualties and losses
1,100 dead or wounded	2,800 dead or wounded
Nemea class=notpageimage| Location of the Battle of Nemea

The Battle of Nemea of 394 BC, also known in ancient Athens as the Battle of Corinth,^[3] was a battle in the Corinthian War, between Sparta and the coalition of Argos, Athens, Corinth, and Thebes. The battle was fought in Corinthian territory, at the dry bed of the Nemea River. The battle was a decisive Spartan victory, which, coupled with the Battle of Coronea later in the same year, gave Sparta the advantage in the early fighting on the Greek mainland.