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Title
Phyle (404 BC)
Description
Following Athens’ defeat in the Peloponnesian War, the victorious Spartans imposed an oligarchic government on the city which became known as the Thirty Tyrants. Late in 404, Thrasybulus, leading a force of Anthenian exiles, gathered at Phyle near Mount Parnes. …
Publisher
Date
-404
Scenario#
615
Scenario Description
Following Athens’ defeat in the Peloponnesian War, the victorious Spartans imposed an oligarchic government on the city which became known as the Thirty Tyrants. Late in 404, Thrasybulus, leading a force of Anthenian exiles, gathered at Phyle near Mount Parnes. The Thirty Tyrants, to keep watch on the exiles and prevent them from raiding the countryside, dispatched a Spartan force from Athens. The Spartan force was not expecting any trouble and set up camp. However, Thrasybulus, whose force of exiles had grown in numbers, attacked the Spartan camp. The attack caught the Spartan force in the midst of waking up and a total rout ensued. The defeated Spartans fled back to Athens and the victorious exiles returned to Phyle.
Location
Phyle, Greece
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Battle of Phyle was fought between Athenian exiles who were seeking to restore democracy to Athens and a Spartan garrison trying to protect the oligarchic Thirty Tyrants. In the battle, 700 Athenian exiles under Thrasybulus decisively defeated the Spartans and their Athenian cavalry in a dawn ambush.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Battle of Phyle
Combatants
Athenian
Spartan
Additional Information
The Spartan Hegemony

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