Callicratidas

Callicratidas
Native name
Καλλικρατίδας
Bornc. 450 BC
Died406 BC
Aegean Sea
AllegianceLacedaemon
Years of service406 - 406 BC
Battles / warsBattle of Mytilene
Battle of Arginusae  

Callicratidas (Greek: Καλλικρατίδας) was a Spartan navarch during the Peloponnesian War. He belonged to the mothax class so he was not a Spartiate, despite his status he had risen to prominence.[1] In 406 BC, he was sent to the Aegean to take command of the Spartan fleet from the navarch Lysander.

  1. ^ Donald Kagan, The Fall of the Athenian Empire, Cornell University, 1987, p. 327.