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In 404 BC the Athenian fleet sailed to contain Spartan fleet under Lysander who had conquered Lampsacus near Bosporus (Lysander had cut off the grain supplies for Athens that way...)
Athenians made a camp near Lampsacus to keep an eye to the Spartans and waited for Lysander to emerge... The location was less than ideal because of the lack of a harbor and the difficulty of supplying the fleet, but proximity seems to have been the primary concern in the minds of the Athenian generals...
Alcibiades who lived in exile near Sestos approached the Athenian Generals and told them to move the fleet near Sestos which was better defended and had a harbour... He also told them that many Thracian Kings could provide him with an army so if the Generals offered him a share in command he would have used the Thracian army against the Spartans...
Athenian Generals however rejected his proposals and ordered him to leave the camp...
Next day Lysander made a swift attack in the Athenian camp caught the Athenians by surprise and annihilated the Athenian fleet...
WI the Generals had accepted Alcibiades advises? Could they have defeated Lysander?
Any thoughts?
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