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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Kagan, Donald,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (400 p.) :; 13 maps

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 principal figure in the narrative is the Athenian politician and general Nicias, whose policies shaped the treaty and whose military strategies played a major role in the attack against Sicily.

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