Timotheus

Family: Athenians · Role: admiral · First appears: Book 5, section 4, part 5/5

In 375 B.C., the Athenians appointed Timotheus admiral and sent him on a cruise around the Peloponnesus. He captured Corcyra without changing its laws or depriving its inhabitants of their freedom. At Alyzia, he defeated Nicolochus’s fleet and set up a trophy; later, when Nicolochus returned, Timotheus refused to put out to meet him, and Nicolochus set up a trophy nearby.

In 374–373 B.C., after peace was established, Timotheus was ordered to sail home. On the voyage, he landed Zacynthian exiles on their native soil, prompting a complaint from the Zacynthian city party. In 373 B.C., the Athenians elected him admiral of a fleet intended to assist Corcyra, but, judging that he was wasting time for the coastal voyage, they deposed him and appointed Iphicrates in his stead.

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Life events

• Timotheus was appointed admiral and sent on a cruise around Peloponnesus.(Book 5, section 4, part 5/5)
  • “Accordingly they eagerly manned a fleet of sixty vessels, appointing Timotheus as admiral in command, and despatched it on a cruise round Peloponnesus.”
• Timotheus captured Corcyra while leaving its inhabitants, laws, and freedom unchanged.(Book 5, section 4, part 5/5 · 📍 Corcyra)
  • “Timotheus in his cruise reached Corcyra, and reduced it at a blow. That done, he neither enslaved the inhabitants nor drove them into exile, nor changed their laws.”
• Timotheus defeated Nicolochus's fleet and set up a trophy at Alyzia.(Book 5, section 4, part 5/5 · 📍 Alyzia)
  • With: Nicolochus
  • “The result was a defeat at the moment, and Timotheus set up a trophy at Alyzia.”
• Nicolochus set up a trophy after Timotheus refused to put out to meet him.(Book 5, section 4, part 5/5 · 📍 Alyzia)
  • With: Nicolochus
  • “he bore down upon Alyzia in search of the Athenian, and as Timotheus refused to put out to meet him, the Lacedaemonian in turn set up a trophy on the nearest group of islands.”
• Timotheus was ordered to sail home after peace was established.(Book 6, section 2, part 1/2)
  • “two of the ambassadors, in obedience to a decree of the state, set sail at once from Laconian territory, bearing orders to Timotheus to sail home, since peace was established.”
• Timotheus landed Zacynthian exiles on their native soil, prompting a complaint against him.(Book 6, section 2, part 1/2 · 📍 Zacynthus)
  • “That officer, while obeying his orders, availed himself of the homeward voyage to land certain Zacynthian exiles on their native soil, whereupon the Zacynthian city party sent to Lacedaemon and complained of the treatment they had received from Timotheus;”
• The Athenians elected Timotheus admiral of a fleet intended to assist Corcyra.(Book 6, section 2, part 1/2)
  • “The Athenians passed a decree to man sixty ships of war, and elected Timotheus admiral.”
• The Athenians deposed Timotheus and appointed Iphicrates in his stead.(Book 6, section 2, part 1/2)
  • With: Iphicrates
  • “To the Athenians, however, it seemed that he was wasting the precious time seasonable for the coastal voyage, and they were not disposed to condone such an error, but deposed him, appointing Iphicrates in his stead.”

Book 5, section 4, part 5/5

• enemies with Nicolochus “This admiral no sooner caught sight of Timotheus's fleet than without hesitation, and in spite of the absence of six Ambraciot vessels which formed part of his squadron, he gave battle, with fifty-five ships to the enemy's sixty.”

Book 6, section 2, part 1/2

• with Iphicrates (Iphicrates was appointed to replace Timotheus as general.) “To the Athenians, however, it seemed that he was wasting the precious time seasonable for the coastal voyage, and they were not disposed to condone such an error, but deposed him, appointing Iphicrates in his stead.”
• with Iphicrates (Iphicrates replaced Timotheus as general.) “they were not disposed to condone such an error, but deposed him, appointing Iphicrates in his stead.”

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