Battle of Lake Maeotis

The Battle of Lake Maeotis was a military engagement of the Spartocid civil war that took place in winter of 309 BC near the Maeotic Lake. It was fought between the forces of Prytanis I, who succeeded his late brother Satyros II, and the pretender Eumelos who had recently killed Satyros II at Siracena.

=Prelude and Battle= Satyros II had recently been killed at Siracena while besieging it with Aripharnes and Eumelos inside. After his death, the mercenary commander Meniscus, took the body to Gargaza and gave it to Prytanis, the younger brother of Satyros and Eumelos. He buried his brother Shortly after taking the throne, Prytanis left a garrison in Gargaza and returned to Panticapaeum to secure his position while Eumelos and Aripharnes quickly took Gargaza. Shortly after, Prytanis took the field against his brother but was quickly cornered and defeated near the isthmus.