Chabrias

Chabrias is famous a Athenian Stratège of fourth century BC In 388, it demolishes the Spartiates with Égine and orders the fleet sent to assist Évagoras, king of Cyprus, against the Perses. In 378, when Athens makes alliance with Thèbes against Sparte, it beats Agésilas II close to the quoted Béotie. On this occasion, he invents an operation which consists in supporting the enemy load while making put the left knee of its Hoplite S at ground, protected by their shields supported in the same way by the ground and the ahead pointed Lance S.

In 376, it gains a decisive victory over the Spartans in front of Naxos but, after having destroyed the opposing fleet and remembering the destiny of the generals to the Bataille of the islands Arginuses, it is long in collecting the bodies of its dead soldiers. Later, when the Athenians change camp and are combined in Sparte, it pushes back Épaminondas in front of the walls of Corinthe.

In 366, he is shown with Callistratos treason to have informed Thébains of the rendering of Oropos but is discharged. A little later it accepts a command under the Pharaon of Egypt Téos which defends its kingdom against the Persian reconquest. In 357, during the release of the war of the Allies, it joined Charès in the command of the Athenian fleet. He dies in the combat the same year on the island of Chios.

Démosthène made of this general a great praise; Cornélius Népos wrote its Vie .

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