{"slug": "thrasybulus", "label": "Thrasybulus", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrasybulus", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q354403", "qid": "Q354403", "description": "Athenian general and politician (c. 440 – 388 BC)", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [-410, -387], "span_label": ["411 BCE", "388 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "athens", "label": "Athens", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "sparta", "label": "Sparta", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "alcibiades", "label": "Alcibiades", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "attica", "label": "Attica", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "hellespont", "label": "Hellespont", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "achaemenid-empire", "label": "Achaemenid Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sea-of-marmara", "label": "Sea of Marmara", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cyzicus", "label": "Cyzicus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lysander", "label": "Lysander", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "piraeus", "label": "Piraeus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lemnos", "label": "Lemnos", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "rhodes", "label": "Rhodes", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -410, "year_label": "411 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Athenian navy under Thrasybulus recalls Alcibiades from Sardis. Alcibiades' election is confirmed by the Athenians at the request of Theramenes. A Spartan fleet in the Hellespont at Cynossema is then defeated by an Athenian fleet commanded by Thrasybulus and Alcibiades.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1210116731#Greece", "title": "411 BC", "revid": 1210116731, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -409, "year_label": "410 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Commanding 20 ships, the Athenian generals Theramenes and Thrasybulus collaborate with Alcibiades and the main Athenian fleet in inflicting a major defeat on the Spartan navy commanded by Mindarus and its supporting Persian land army near Cyzicus on the shore of the Propontis (Sea of Marmara). As a result of its victory in the Battle of Cyzicus, Athens regains control over the vital grain route from the Black Sea.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1239404382#Greece", "title": "410 BC", "revid": 1239404382, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -406, "year_label": "407 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Athenian general Thrasybulus recaptures Abdera and Thasos.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=996490221#Greece", "title": "407 BC", "revid": 996490221, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -403, "year_label": "404 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Athenian general Thrasybulus is exiled by the Thirty Tyrants, and he retires to Thebes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369378724#Greece", "title": "404 BC", "revid": 1369378724, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -402, "year_label": "403 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Thrasybulus leads the democratic resistance to the new oligarchic government, known as the Thirty Tyrants, that the victorious Spartans have imposed on Athens. He commands a small force of exiles that invades Attica and, in successive battles, defeats first a Spartan garrison and then the forces of the oligarchic government (which includes the Spartan general, Lysander) in the Battle of Munychia. The leader of the Thirty Tyrants, Critias, is killed in the battle.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1246106639#Greece", "title": "403 BC", "revid": 1246106639, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -392, "year_label": "393 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Pharnabazus dispatches Conon with substantial funds and a large part of the fleet to Attica, where he joins in the rebuilding of the long walls from Athens to Piraeus, a project that had been initiated by Thrasybulus in the previous year. The construction is soon completed and Athens quickly takes advantage of its walls and its fleet to seize the islands of Scyros, Imbros, and Lemnos, on which it establishes cleruchies (citizen colonies).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363862420#Greece", "title": "393 BC", "revid": 1363862420, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -388, "year_label": "389 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Athenian general, Thrasybulus, leads a force of triremes to levy tribute from cities around the Aegean and support Rhodes, where a democratic government is struggling against Sparta. On this campaign, Thrasybulus captures Byzantium, imposes a duty on ships passing through the Hellespont, and collects tribute from many of the Aegean Islands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1292700126#Greece", "title": "389 BC", "revid": 1292700126, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -387, "year_label": "388 BCE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "The Athenian general, Thrasybulus, sails to Lesbos, where, with the support of the Mytileneans, he defeats the Spartan forces on the island and wins over a number of cities. While still on Lesbos, however, Thrasybulus is killed by raiders from the city of Aspendus where his financial exactions have made him unpopular.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1210249612#Greece", "title": "388 BC", "revid": 1210249612, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -387, "year_label": "388 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Thrasybulus, Athenian general who helped overthrow the Thirty Tyrants", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1210249612#Deaths", "title": "388 BC", "revid": 1210249612, "section": "Deaths"}}]}