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Aegospotami

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Aegospotami
a river of ancient Thrace that flowed into the Hellespont. At its mouth the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians in 405 bc, ending the Peloponnesian War


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Who can forget the Battle of Aegospotami in 405BC when the Spartans gave the Athenian navy a right royal hiding?
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