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Sphacteria (Greek: Σφακτηρία - Sfaktiria)[1] also known as Sphagia (Σφαγία)[2] is a small island at the entrance to the bay of Pylos in the Peloponnese, Greece. It was the site of three battles:
- the 425 BC Battle of Sphacteria in the Peloponnesian war.[3]
- the 1825 AD Battle of Sphacteria in the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire
- the 1827 AD Battle of Navarino, also in the Greek War of Independence
References
- ^ Purdy, John (1826). The new sailing directions for the Mediterranean sea, the Adriatic sea ... London: R.H. Laurie. p. 213.
- ^ Strabo, Geography, 8.4.2
- ^ "Diodorus Siculus, 12.61-63". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
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