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Battles of the Corinthian War This map shows the main battles of the
Corinthian War, a conflict that appeared to confirm Sparta as the leading power
of Greece after the Persians imposed peace terms. The fighting started badly
for Sparta, after their successful leader Lysander was killed at Haliartus (395
BC). In the following year the Spartans won inconclusive battles at Nemea (394
BC) and Coronea (394 BC) while their allies suffered a costly defeat at Naryx.
The fighting then moved south to the area around Corinth. In 392 the Spartans
and some Corinthian allies captured the port of Lechaeum, but two years later
the area of Leuchaeum was the site of a rare defeat for their hoplites, at the
hands of lighter troops. Aegina saw prolonged fighting in 390-388 BC, which
caused some problems for the Athenians, before the war was ended by the King's
Peace.
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