naval engagement, ancient

Battle of Mytilene

Name: Battle of Mytilene
Location: Mytilene, Greece

Battle of Mytilene was a naval engagement fought in 406 BC at Mytilene, in what is now Greece. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Mytilene. It was part of the Decelean War, which ran from 413 BC to 404 BC. The recorded result: Spartan victory. Recorded strength: 70 ships against 170 ships.

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Fought406 BC

WhereMytilene, Greece39.105N, 26.554E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSpartan victory

BelligerentsAthensagainstSparta

Part ofDecelean War413 BC to 404 BC

Where it sits in the Decelean War

3 placed engagements of the Decelean War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	406 BC (year precision)
Place	Mytilene, Greece 39.105N, 26.554E
Kind	Naval engagement, ancient
Strength	70 ships	170 ships
Casualties and losses	30 ships
Commanders	Conon	Callicratidas

Placed at Mytilene; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Mytilene 1690, 0.6 km SW
Siege of Mytilene 1464, 1.1 km NE
Siege of Mytilene 81 BC, 1.8 km W
Battle of Arginusae 406 BC, 23 km E
Battle of Lesbos 1912, 26 km NW

In the same war

After: Battle of Arginusae September 406 BC
All 3 engagements of Decelean War

Elsewhere in 406 BC

Battle of Mytilene is one of 102 engagements of the 5th century BC in the atlas and one of 529 in present-day Greece.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871833, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Mytilene (406 BC), revision 1370450982, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.