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The '''Battle of Aegospotami''' was the last major engagement of the Peloponnesian War. It was fought in 405 BC in the Hellespont, near the stream called Aegospotami, or Goat Rivers, on the European shore opposite Lampsacus. The Spartan fleet under Lysander had gone there to cut off the shipments of grain carried from the Black Sea region to Athens, while the Athenian fleet under Conon lay nearby to prevent this. Lampsacus gave the Spartans a stronger position, while the Athenians were drawn up on an exposed shore with poor access to supplies.

For several days the Athenians offered battle, but Lysander refused to engage them directly. Instead, he watched their habits and waited until their crews had become careless. When the Athenian ships were beached and many of their men had gone inland in search of food, Lysander crossed suddenly and attacked. By this stratagem he captured or destroyed almost the whole Athenian fleet. Conon escaped with only a small number of ships.

The defeat at Aegospotami left Athens without the navy on which its power depended. It also gave Sparta control of the Hellespont and the grain route from the Black Sea. With its food supply cut off and its fleet destroyed, Athens capitulated to Sparta in 404 BC, bringing the Peloponnesian War to an end.

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	The '''Battle of Aegospotami''' was the last major engagement of the Peloponnesian War. It was fought in 405 BC in the Hellespont, near the stream called Aegospotami, or Goat Rivers, on the European shore opposite Lampsacus. The Spartan fleet under Lysander had gone there to cut off the shipments of grain carried from the Black Sea region to Athens, while the Athenian fleet under Conon lay nearby to prevent this. Lampsacus gave the Spartans a stronger position, while the Athenians were drawn up on an exposed shore with poor access to supplies.		The '''Battle of Aegospotami''' was the last major engagement of the Peloponnesian War. It was fought in 405 BC in the Hellespont, near the stream called Aegospotami, or Goat Rivers, on the European shore opposite Lampsacus. The Spartan fleet under Lysander had gone there to cut off the shipments of grain carried from the Black Sea region to Athens, while the Athenian fleet under Conon lay nearby to prevent this. Lampsacus gave the Spartans a stronger position, while the Athenians were drawn up on an exposed shore with poor access to supplies.

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	The defeat at Aegospotami left Athens without the navy on which its power depended. It also gave Sparta control of the Hellespont and the grain route from the Black Sea. With its food supply cut off and its fleet destroyed, Athens capitulated to Sparta in 404 BC, bringing the Peloponnesian War to an end.		The defeat at Aegospotami left Athens without the navy on which its power depended. It also gave Sparta control of the Hellespont and the grain route from the Black Sea. With its food supply cut off and its fleet destroyed, Athens capitulated to Sparta in 404 BC, bringing the Peloponnesian War to an end.

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