Lysander

Lysander
Lysander
	Lysander outside the walls of Athens, ordering their destruction. 19th century lithograph.
Native name	Λύσανδρος
Born	c. 454 BC
Died	395 BC (aged c. 59) (2418 years ago); Haliartus
Allegiance	Sparta
Rank	Navarch
Battles/wars	Peloponnesian War Battle of Notium Battle of Aegospotami Corinthian War Battle of Haliartus †

Lysander (/laɪˈsændər, ˈlaɪˌsændər/; Greek: Λύσανδρος Lysandros; c. 454 BC – 395 BC) was a Spartan military and political leader. He destroyed the Athenian fleet at the Battle of Aegospotami in 405 BC, forcing Athens to capitulate and bringing the Peloponnesian War to an end. He then played a key role in Sparta's domination of Greece for the next decade until his death at the Battle of Haliartus.

Lysander's vision for Sparta differed from most Spartans; he wanted to overthrow the Athenian Empire and replace it with Spartan hegemony.^[2]

^ Detlef Lotze, Lysander und der Peloponnesische Krieg, Berlin: Akademie (1964), 13
^ Donald Kagan, The Fall of the Athenian Empire, Cornell University, 1987, p. 300. ^{[ISBN missing]}