This city was robbed of victory when its ships confusedly retreated at the Battle of Sybota.
This city was robbed of victory when its ships confusedly retreated at the Battle of Sybota. It was ruled for a time by Periander, who constructed a stone trackway and cemented an alliance with Thrasybulus, ending an enmity that went back to the Lelantine War. It founded the dutiful colony of Potidaea, which it sent annual magistrates to, and a war named after this polis was fought from 395-387 B.C., featuring a notable 390 battle at its port of Lechaeum. Ruled by the harsh tyrant Cypselus, it also founded the rebellious colony of Corcyra as well as Syracuse. FTP, name this city-state bordered by the Saronic Gulf and its namesake gulf, located on an isthmus.
This city was robbed of victory when its ships confusedly retreated at the Battle of Sybota.
{Corinth}