Battle of Phyle | |||||||
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Part of Phyle Campaign | |||||||
![]() Map showing the three battles of the Phyle Campaign | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Athenian exiles | Spartan garrison of Athens | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Thrasybulus | Callibius | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
700 infantry | 700 infantry, two divisions of cavalry | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Light | 123 killed |
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 Spartans and their Athenian cavalry in a dawn ambush.
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