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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kagan, Donald.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nicias.

Sicilian Expedition, Italy, 415-413 B.C.

Greece--History--Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.

Greece.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 pages) : maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1991,c1981.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-378) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780801467240

0801467241

9780801467257

080146725X

OCLC:

847572341