 Commander of the Athenian fleet Alcibiades defeated the Spartan fleet at a major naval engagement near Cyzicus known as the Battle of Cyzicus in 410 BC.Famed ancient philosopher Eudoxus of Cnidus established a school at Cyzicus and went with his pupils to Athens, visiting Plato.Later he returned to Cyzicus and died in 355 B.C.