The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition

The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition / Donald Kagan.

Why did the Peace of Nicias fail to reconcile Athens and Sparta? In the third volume of his landmark four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War, Donald Kagan examines the years between the signing of the peace treaty and the destruction of the Athenian expedition to Sicily in 413 B.C. The principa...

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Main Author: Kagan, Donald
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1991, ©1981.
Subjects:
Nicias.
Nicias
431-404 B.C
Sicilian Expedition, Italy, 415-413 B.C.
HISTORY > Military > General.
HISTORY > Ancient > Greece.
Greece > History > Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.
Greece
Italy
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Maps
  • Abbreviations and Short Titles
  • Part One. The Unraveling of the Peace
  • 1. A Troubled Peace
  • 2. The Separate League
  • 3 . The Alliance of Athens and Argos
  • 4 . The Challenge of the Separate League
  • 5 . The Battle of Mantinea
  • 6. After Mantinea: Politics and Policy at Sparta and Athens
  • Part Two. The Sicilian Expedition
  • 7. The Decision to Attack Sicily
  • 8. Sacrilege and Departure
  • 9 . Athenian Strategy and the Summer Campaign of 415
  • 10. The First Attack on Syracuse
  • 11. The Siege of Syracuse
  • 12. Athens on the Defensive
  • 13. Defeat on Land and Sea
  • 14. Retreat and Destruction
  • Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • General Index
  • Index of Modern Authors
  • Index of Ancient Authors and Inscriptions

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