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Tilemahos Efthimiadis from Athens, Greece · CC BY 2.0
Conflict Europe

Corinthian War

395 BCE – 387 BCE · 8 years

A coalition of Greek city-states, backed by Persian gold, challenged Spartan hegemony after the Peloponnesian War. The conflict ended with the King's Peace, which restored Persian authority over the Greek cities of Asia Minor.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Sparta
  • Coalition (Thebes, Athens, Corinth, Argos)

Key moments

Defining events in the Corinthian War.

  1. 395 BC Battle of Haliartus
  2. 394 BC Battle of Cnidus
  3. 394 BC Battle of Coronea

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