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In 404 BC, following a defeat at the [[Battle of Aegospotami]], Athens was forced to surrender, ending the Peloponnesian War. In the wake of this surrender, the Spartan [[navarch]] [[Lysander]] imposed a strict oligarchic government on Athens, which came to be known as the [[Thirty Tyrants]]. This government executed a number of citizens and deprived all but a few of their rights, eventually growing so extreme that even the moderate oligarch [[Theramenes]] fell afoul of the government and was executed. Fearing for their lives, numerous Athenians fled to [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]].<ref>Xenophon, ''Hellenica'' [[s:Hellenica/Book 2/Chapter 3|2.3]]</ref>
Thrasybulus had been one of the first to oppose the oligarchy and had been exiled to Thebes shortly after its rise to power.<ref name="nepos">Cornelius Nepos, ''[http://www.ccel.org/p/pearse/morefathers/nepos.htm#Thrasybulus Life of Thrasybulus]''{{dead link|date=December 2020}}</ref>
Five days later, Thrasybulus led his force, which had already grown to the point that he could leave 200 men at Phyle while taking 1,000 with him, to [[Piraeus]], the port of Athens. There, he fortified the Munychia, a hill that dominated the port, and awaited the coming attack. The forces of the Thirty, supported by the Spartan garrison, marched to Piraeus to attack him. Thrasybulus and his men were outnumbered 5 to 1, but held a superior position and presumably benefited from consternation amidst the ranks of the oligarchs. In the battle, the exiles put the oligarchic forces to flight, killing [[Critias]], the leader of the Thirty.<ref>Buck, ''Thrasybulus and the Athenian Democracy'', 71–79. See also Xenophon, ''Hellenica'' [[s:Hellenica/Book 2/Chapter 4|2.4]]</ref>
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