- The
Battle of
Sphacteria was a land
battle of the
Peloponnesian War,
fought in 425 BC
between Athens and Sparta.
Following the
Battle of
Pylos and subsequent...
-
Sphacteria (Gr****: Σφακτηρία - Sfaktiria) also
known as
Sphagia (Σφαγία) is a
small island at the
entrance to the bay of
Pylos in the Peloponnese, Greece...
- The
Battle of
Sphacteria took
place during the Gr**** War of
Independence on 8 May 1825 in
Sphacteria between the
Egyptian forces of
Ibrahim Pasha and Gr****...
- pretext, and
settled in to
besiege the
hoplites on
Sphacteria; eventually, in the
Battle of
Sphacteria,
those hoplites were
captured and
taken as hostages...
-
battle of
Patras (1822) and died
heroically during the
famous Battle of
Sphacteria.
Anastasios Tsamados was born on the
island of
Hydra in 1772 or 1774....
- Demosthenes, who was
planning an
invasion of
Sphacteria. The
Athenian forces successfully attacked Sphacteria,
forcing the
Spartans to
surrender – a very...
-
number of
Spartan troops besieged on the
adjacent island of
Sphacteria (see
Battle of
Sphacteria).
Spartan anxiety over the
return of the prisoners, who were...
-
Siege of the
Spartans on
Sphacteria continues without result. 4.26–4.27
Cleon takes command at Pylos. 4.27–4.29
Battle of
Sphacteria results in the capture...
- Peloponnese. One of
these posts was near
Pylos on a tiny
island called Sphacteria,
where the
first war
turned in Athens's favor. The post off
Pylos exploited...
- wide. The bay is
sheltered from the open sea by a long,
narrow islet,
Sphacteria. This
islet leaves two
entrances to the bay.
Because of a sandbank, the...
