Brasidas during an assault, as illustrated by Walter Crane.
Native name
Βρασίδαno
Died
422 BC Amphipolis
Buried
Amphipolis
Allegiance
Sparta
Rank
General
Battles/wars
Peloponnesian War
Battle of Naupactus
Battle of Pylos
Battle of Lyncestis
Battle of Megara
Battle of Amphipolis †
Relations
Argileonis (mother)
Brasidas (Greek: Βρασίδας, died 422 BC) was the most distinguished Spartan officer during the first decade of the Peloponnesian War.[1] He died during the Second Battle of Amphipolis while winning one of his most spectacular victories.
Silver ossuary and gold crown of Brasidas in the Archaeological Museum of Amphipolis.
^Smith, Sir William; Blakeney, E. H.; Warrington, John (1958). Smaller Classical Dictionary. New York: Dutton. p. 61. ISBN 0-525-47012-3.
of Brasidas suggests that Brasidas combined typical Spartan courage with those virtues in which regular Spartans were most signally lacking. Brasidas was...
of Pylos, Spartan general Brasidas gained permission to take an army north to attack Athenian holdings in Thrace. Brasidas gathered an army of 700 helots...
exchange the hostages for the towns captured by Brasidas, and signed a truce. With the death of Cleon and Brasidas, both zealous war hawks for their nations...
In addition is the type species of the genus Brasidas, which was named after the Spartan officer Brasidas. James Abram Garfield Rehn and his son John William...
the Spartan officer Brasidas, who fought in the Peloponnesian War. When the ambassadors from Amphipolis brought the news of Brasidas's death, Argileonis...
with Brasidas in 2023 and clarified the status of the syntypes that belong to three different species. The juvenile male from Luzon belongs to Brasidas cavernosus...
with all Brasidas species, Brasidas foveolatus has a pair of characteristic holes in the metasternum. As with Brasidas cavernosus and Brasidas samarensis...
4.85–4.87 Fall of Amphipolis to Brasidas. 4.102–4.108 Continued successes of Brasidas in Thrace. 4.111–4.135 Brasidas secures the revolt of the garrison...
through skillful generalship by Brasidas, the Spartans rout the Athenians in the Battle of Amphipolis. Both Brasidas and Cleon are killed in the battle...
outmanoeuvred by the Spartan general Brasidas. He was killed by a peltast when his army was routed at the Battle of Amphipolis. Brasidas also died at Amphipolis and...
blocked Brasidas' route at a pass, forcing his army up the surrounding hill and into Macedonia. This brought to a head the quarrel between Brasidas and Perdiccas...
with Persia in 387 before becoming ephor in 370/69. The famous general Brasidas was elected in 431 just after his victory against Athens at Methone. One...
capture Megara, but they are defeated by the Spartans under their general Brasidas. Demosthenes then marches to Naupactus to assist in a democratic revolution...
most effective general, Brasidas. However, the "Truce of Laches" had little impact on Brasidas and collapsed within a year. Brasidas proceeded to take Scione...
general Brasidas ignores. 422 BC: The Spartans defeat the Athenians in the Battle of Amphipolis, where the Athenian Cleon and the Spartan Brasidas are both...
Museum, Vienna can be attributed to Brasidas lacerta. The juvenile male from Redtenbacher's collection is Brasidas cavernosus while an adult male from...
Delium and Brasidas' successes in northern Greece in 424 improved Sparta's position after Sphakteria. After the deaths of Cleon and Brasidas, the strongest...
most effective general, Brasidas. However, the "Truce of Laches" has little impact on Brasidas and collapses within a year. Brasidas ignores the proposed...
oligarchs opened the gate to Brasidas and their allies. The Athenians declined to battle with the Peloponnesians. Over time, Brasidas and Athens both left the...
most effective general, Brasidas. However, the "Truce of Laches" has little impact on Brasidas and collapses within a year. Brasidas ignores the proposed...
during the Battle of Amphipolis at which both Kleon and Brasidas lost their lives. Brasidas survived long enough to hear of the defeat of the Athenians...
were Spartiates, who had recovered by 424 BC, when the Spartan general Brasidas captured Amphipolis. In the same year, the Athenians suffered a major defeat...
to invade Lynkestis, and the Spartan leader Brasidas, at the Battle of Lyncestis in 423 BC. Besides Brasidas' forces, Perdiccas' faction was supported by...
reversal, dispatched several advisors (including the aggressive and talented Brasidas) to oversee Cnemus as he resumed the offensive. Phormio, meanwhile, sent...
mentions the dedicatory inscription: Brasidas and the Acanthians from the Athenians. The commemoration of the name of Brasidas would have constituted an unusually...
approach the beach at a time. The Spartan captains, following the example of Brasidas, drove their ships into the rocky shore to give their men a chance to disembark...
Ionian Athenians fought against the Dorian Spartans. The Spartan general Brasidas even taxed the Athenians with cowardice on account of their Ionian lineage...
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