The Battle of Pylos took place in 425 BC during the Peloponnesian War, between Athens and Sparta. Closely related to this battle was the Battle of Sphacteria, which occured immediately afterwards. Map of the Greek world at the start of the Peloponnesian War The Peloponnesian War began in 431 BC between the Athenian Empire (or The Delian League) and the Peloponnesian League which included Sparta and Corinth. ... Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC Years: 430 BC 429 BC 428 BC 427 BC 426 BC - 425 BC - 424 BC 423 BC... There are also Pylos in Ilia including Pylos Ilias and Pyrgos Trifylias which are both archaeological sites Pylos (Greek Πύλος Formerly Navarino) is the name of a bay and a town on the west coast of the Peloponnese, in the district of Messenia in southern Greece. ... Athens (Greek: Αθήνα Athína IPA ) is the capital of Greece and one of the most famous cities in the world. ... Athens (Greek: Αθήνα Athína IPA ) is the capital of Greece and one of the most famous cities in the world. ... Sparta (Σπάρτη) was a city in ancient Greece, whose territory included, in Classical times, all Laconia and Messenia, and which was the most powerful state of the Peloponnesus. ... For the Athenian orator, see Demosthenes. ... Brasidas (d. ... Map of the Greek world at the start of the Peloponnesian War The Peloponnesian War began in 431 BC between the Athenian Empire (or The Delian League) and the Peloponnesian League which included Sparta and Corinth. ... Battle of Sybota Conflict Peloponnesian War Date 433 BC Place Off Corcyra Result Indecisive The Battle of Sybota took place in 433 BC between Corcyra and Corinth. ... Battle of Potidaea Conflict Peloponnesian War Date 432 BC Place Potidaea Result Athenian victory The Battle of Potidaea was, with the Battle of Sybota, one of the catalysts for the Peloponnesian War. ... Battle of Chalcis Conflict Peloponnesian War Date 429 BC Place Chalcis Result Athenian defeat The Battle of Chalcis took place in 429 BC between Athens and the Chalcidians and their allies, in the early part of the Peloponnesian War. ... The naval Battle of Naupactus took place over the course of a week in 429 BC, in the early part of the Peloponnesian War, between the Athenian fleet under Phormio and a combined Spartan and Corinthian fleet. ... Battle of Tanagra Conflict Peloponnesian War Date 426 BC Place Tanagra Result Athenian victory The Battle of Tanagra was a battle in the Peloponnesian War in 426 BC between Athens and Tanagra. ... Battle of Olpae Conflict Peloponnesian War Date 426 BC Place Olpae Result Athenian victory The Battle of Olpae was a battle of the Peloponnesian War in 426 BC, between armies led by Athens and Sparta. ... Battle of Sphacteria Conflict Peloponnesian War Date 425 BC Place Sphacteria Result Athenian victory The Battle of Sphacteria was a battle of the Peloponnesian War in 425 BC, between Athens and Sparta. ... The Battle of Delium took place in 424 BC between the Athenians and the Boeotians, and ended with the siege of Delium in the following weeks. ... Combatants Athens Sparta Commanders Cleon† Nicias Thucydides Brasidas† Clearidas Strength About 2000 About 2500 Casualties About 600 8 {{{notes}}} The Battle of Amphipolis was fought in 422 BC during the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. ... The Battle of Mantinea took place in 418 BC between Sparta and its allies, and an army led by Argos and Athens. ... The Sicilian Expedition was an Athenian expedition to Sicily from 415 BC to 413 BC, during the Peloponnesian War. ... Battle of Syme Conflict Peloponnesian War Date 411 BC Place Off Syme Result Indecisive The Battle of Syme was a naval battle in 411 BC between Sparta and Athens, during the Peloponnesian War. ... Battle of Cynossema Conflict Peloponnesian War Date 411 BC Place Off Cynossema Result Athenian victory The Battle of Cynossema was a naval battle in the Hellespont in 411 BC between Athens and Sparta, around the same time the Athenian democracy was overthrown in favour of a short_lived oligarchy. ... The Battle of Cyzicus in 410 BC was a small-scale naval battle during the Peloponnesian War between an Athenian fleet led by Alcibiades and a Peloponnesian fleet led by Sparta. ... At the Battle of Notium (or Ephesus) in 406 BC, the Spartan fleet of Lysander defeated a part of the Athenian fleet, resulting in the recall of Alcibiades, the Athenian admiral. ... The naval Battle of Arginusae took place in 406 BCE during the Peloponnesian War. ... Battle of Aegospotami Conflict Peloponnesian War Date 405 BC Place Aegospotami Result Spartan victory The battle of Aegospotami in 405 BC was the destruction of the Athenian navy in the Peloponnesian War, and led directly to Athens final defeat by Sparta in the following year. ... Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC Years: 430 BC 429 BC 428 BC 427 BC 426 BC - 425 BC - 424 BC 423 BC... Map of the Greek world at the start of the Peloponnesian War The Peloponnesian War began in 431 BC between the Athenian Empire (or The Delian League) and the Peloponnesian League which included Sparta and Corinth. ... Athens (Greek: Αθήνα Athína IPA ) is the capital of Greece and one of the most famous cities in the world. ... Sparta (Σπάρτη) was a city in ancient Greece, whose territory included, in Classical times, all Laconia and Messenia, and which was the most powerful state of the Peloponnesus. ... Battle of Sphacteria Conflict Peloponnesian War Date 425 BC Place Sphacteria Result Athenian victory The Battle of Sphacteria was a battle of the Peloponnesian War in 425 BC, between Athens and Sparta. ...

In the spring of 425 BC, Sparta helped Messina in Sicily revolt from Athens, while launching another invasion of Attica under the command of King Agis. The Athenians dispatched forty ships to Sicily under the command of Eurymedon and Sophocles, with orders to assist the democracy in Corcyra on their way; Sparta had invested the city with a fleet of sixty ships. Demosthenes, who had recently won the Battle of Olpae, was allowed to sail with the fleet. A storm obliged the fleet to shelter at Pylos (an excellent natural harbor on the Peloponnesian coast, some forty-five miles from Sparta) delaying the journey to Corcyra. This was to Demosthenes' liking, as he had a plan to fortify Pylos, gain a foothold in the Peloponnese close to Sparta, and incite rebellion among the helots; he had sailed with the fleet with the idea of putting it into action. The commanders felt it was a waste of time and money, but the soldiers fortified the area regardless, as bad weather was preventing their departure, and they wanted a diversion from their boredom. The fortifications were finished in six days, and Demosthenes remained there with five ships while the main fleet continued on their mission to Corcyra and Sicily with the rest of the fleet. Messina, Italy Strait of Messina, Italy. ... Sicilian disambiguates here; see also Sicilian language or Sicilian Defence. ... This article is about Attica in Greece. ... Agis, the name of four kings of Sparta:-- Son of Eurysthenes, founder of the royal house of the Agiadae (Pausanias iii. ... For the article on the Eurymedon river in Asia Minor, see Eurymedon river Eurymedon (d. ... (This article is about the Greek island known in English as Corfu. ... For the Athenian orator, see Demosthenes. ... Battle of Olpae Conflict Peloponnesian War Date 426 BC Place Olpae Result Athenian victory The Battle of Olpae was a battle of the Peloponnesian War in 426 BC, between armies led by Athens and Sparta. ... There are also Pylos in Ilia including Pylos Ilias and Pyrgos Trifylias which are both archaeological sites Pylos (Greek Πύλος Formerly Navarino) is the name of a bay and a town on the west coast of the Peloponnese, in the district of Messenia in southern Greece. ... Though Peloponnese is used to refer to the entire peninsula, the periphery with that name includes only part of that landmass. ...

When Sparta learned that Athens had taken Pylos they removed their army from Attica. They marched to Pylos and recalled their fleet of sixty ships, ordering them to meet them at Pylos; Demosthenes anticipated the Spartan actions, and sent two of his ships to recall the rest of the Athenian fleet. The harbor at Pylos was a large bay, with the seaward side almost completely blocked by the wooded island of Sphacteria; there was a narrow passage through to the harbor at each end of the island. The Spartans planned to blockade the fortress at Pylos from both the land and the harbor, block up the two harbor entrances to prevent the Athenian fleet from entering, and land a garrison on the island to deny its use to the Athenian fleet when it arrived. The Spartan Epitadas and a force of 440 hoplites were landed on Sphacteria, while the rest of the army prepared to storm the Athenian fortifications; failing that, they would settle in for a siege. Demosthenes had few hoplites, and most of the rest of his troops were unarmed sailors from the remaining triremes. He took sixty of his hoplites to the weakest section of the beach fortification to repel the Spartan landing he thought likely, posting the rest of his troops on the landward wall. Sphacteria is a small island at the entrance to the bay of Pylos in the Peloponnese, Greece. ... A hoplite armed with a spear. ... A Greek trireme A Roman trireme Triremes were ancient war galleys with three rows of oars on each side. ...

Forty-three Spartan ships, under Thrasymelidas and Brasidas, attempted to force a landing,but the Athenian troops held firm, aided by the rocky shoreline. Brasidas was injured, and the Spartan troops, unable to storm the beach fortifications, were pushed back by the Athenian land force. The Spartans attacked the fort for three days, and started obtaining timber for siege engines when they found they could not storm the walls. Brasidas (d. ...

After the third day, the rest of the Athenian fleet returned, now fifty ships strong, as they had rendevouzed with an additional ten ships. The Spartans had not yet blockaded the entrances to the harbor, and prepared to engage the Athenian fleet in the harbor, where they felt the more enclosed space would favor their inferior naval skills. The Athenian fleet engaged the Spartan fleet in the harbor, and put it to flight, to the horror of the Spartan troops on shore, for it meant that the hoplites on Sphacteria were now cut off from the mainland. After mopping up the remains of the Spartan fleet, the Athenian ships set a close guard on the island, to prevent the Spartan garrison from escaping.

The Spartans, finding it impossible to retrieve their troops, arranged an armistice, and Spartan ambassadors were sent to Athens to negotiate a truce and the safe return of the island garrison. The Athenians remained at Pylos for a total of seventy-two days, during which time the ambassadors failed to make peace and the Athenians finally invaded Sphacteria and captured the garrison. See Battle of Sphacteria for this portion of the siege. Battle of Sphacteria Conflict Peloponnesian War Date 425 BC Place Sphacteria Result Athenian victory The Battle of Sphacteria was a battle of the Peloponnesian War in 425 BC, between Athens and Sparta. ...