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Battle of Sybota

Battle of Sybota was a naval engagement fought in 433 BC in what is now Greece. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. It was part of the Peloponnesian War, which ran from 431 BC to 404 BC. The recorded result: Indecisive. Recorded strength: 110 Corcyraean ships,; 10 Athenian ships against 150 ships.

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Topographic map in Spanish of the Corfu island area in Greece.Note : The shaded relief is a raster image embedded in the SVG file.
Topographic map in Spanish of the Corfu island area in Greece.Note : The shaded relief is a raster image embedded in the SVG file.. Eric Gaba (Sting - fr:Sting), translated by molorco (molorco), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought433 BC
WhereGreece39.400N, 20.228E, placed at the location, approximate
OutcomeIndecisive
BelligerentsKorkyra; AthensagainstKorinth
Casualties and losses70 ships destroyed,; 1,000+ captured,; many killedand30 ships destroyed,; many killed
Part ofPeloponnesian War431 BC to 404 BC

Where it sits in the Peloponnesian War

Battle of Sybota, 433 BCBattle of Potidaea, 432 BCBattle of Plataea, 431 BCBattle of Naupactus, 429 BCBattle of Spartolos, 429 BCBattle of Rhium, 429 BCSiege of Plataea, 429 BCBattle of Corcyra, 427 BCBattle of Tanagra, 426 BCBattle of Sphacteria, 425 BCBattle of Pylos, 425 BCBattle of Solygeia, 425 BCBattle of Delium, 424 BCBattle of Megara, 424 BCBattle of Mantinea, 418 BCBattle of Orneae, 417 BCBattle of Melos, 415 BCBattle of Milet, 412 BCBattle of Abydos, 411 BCBattle of Cynossema, 411 BCBattle of Syme, 411 BCBattle of Eretria, 411 BCBattle of Cyzicus, 410 BCBattle of Ephesus, 409 BCSiege of Chalcedon, 409 BCSiege of Byzantium, 408 BCSiege of Andros, 408 BCBattle of Notium, 406 BCSiege of Athens, 404 BC433 BC404 BCBattle of Sybota, 433 BC
29 placed engagements of the Peloponnesian War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date433 BC (year precision)
PlaceGreece
39.400N, 20.228E
KindNaval engagement, ancient
Strength110 Corcyraean ships,; 10 Athenian ships150 ships
Casualties and losses70 ships destroyed,; 1,000+ captured,; many killed30 ships destroyed,; many killed
Commanders
  • Lacedaemonius
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Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

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In the same war

Battle of Sybota is one of 99 engagements of the 5th century BC in the atlas and one of 493 in present-day Greece.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q951932, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Sybota, revision 1383925968, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.