- 01Early Greece and the absence of settled power
- 02Piracy, seafaring, and the rise of towns
- 03Agamemnon, Mycenae, and the Trojan expedition
- 04Post-Trojan migrations and colonization
- 05Growth of wealth, tyranny, and naval power
- 06Hellenic weakness and the rise of Sparta and Athens
- 07Thucydides on historical method and speeches
- 01Thucydides' method and purpose
- 02The Peloponnesian War and its real cause
History of the Peloponnesian War
Power politics, war, rhetoric, and historical method.
26Chapters
200Lessons
584Topics
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- Explain the main causes and outbreak of the Peloponnesian War
- Analyze Pericles’ strategy and funeral oration in the context of Athenian power
- Trace the major campaigns including Pylos, Mitylene, and the Sicilian Expedition
- Evaluate speeches and political arguments made by figures such as Cleon, Diodotus, and Alcibiades
- Describe the shifting alliances, revolts, and Persian intervention in the later war
- Interpret Thucydides’ historical method and his treatment of war and rhetoric
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- Chapters
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- Lessons
- 200
- Topics
- 584
- 01Epidamnus and the Corinthian intervention
- 02Corcyraean response and siege of Epidamnus
- 01Corcyraean victory at sea and aftermath
- 02Corinthian rearmament and Corcyraean appeal to Athens
- 03Corcyraean plea for alliance and strategic value
- 01Corcyra's isolation and misconduct
- 02Corinth's grievances and arbitration rebuttal
- 03Treaty rights, past favors, and warning against alliance
- 01Athens grants Corcyra a defensive alliance
- 02Corinthian expedition and naval deployment
- 03Corcyraean and Athenian battle positions at Sybota
- 01Corinthian and Corcyraean battle formations
- 02The sea-fight at Sybota
- 03Athenian reinforcements and the treaty dispute
- 01Corcyraean and Corinthian claims to victory
- 02Corinth's seizure of Anactorium and prisoners
- 03Athenian precautions against Potidaea and Perdiccas
- 01Potidaea’s revolt and allied preparations
- 02Athenian and Corinthian relief expeditions
- 03Battle at the isthmus and siege works
- 04Aristeus’s escape and continued resistance
- 01Completion of the Potidaea investment
- 02Ravaging Chalcidice and Bottica
- 01Peloponnesian complaints and the summons at Lacedaemon
- 02Corinthian appeal for war against Athens
- 01Corinthian warning against Athenian power
- 02Athenian appeal to the Spartans
- 01Archidamus's case for delay and preparation
- 01Archidamus’ plea for patience and preparation
- 02Sthenelaidas’ call for immediate war
- 03Spartan vote and declaration of war
- 01Athens rebuilds after the Persian withdrawal
- 02Themistocles delays Sparta while the walls rise
- 01Themistocles delays the Spartan envoys
- 02Athens fortifies its city and Piraeus
- 01Athens completes its walls and turns to the fleet
- 02Pausanias’ campaign and recall from command
- 03Athens succeeds to supremacy and establishes the tribute of Delos
- 01Early conquests and allied defections
- 02Eurymedon, Thasos, and Amphipolis
- 01Ithome siege and Athenian dismissal
- 02Megarian alliance and Corinthian hostility
- 03Inaros and the Egyptian revolt
- 01Athenian naval victories and the Megarid campaign
- 02Building the Long Walls and the Boeotian march
- 01Battle of Tanagra and Athenian gains in Boeotia
- 02Defeat of the Athenian expedition in Egypt
- 03Thessalian campaign and raid on Sicyon
- 01Expedition to Cyprus and the sacred war at Delphi
- 02Boeotian campaign and defeat at Coronea
- 03Revolt of Euboea and the Thirty Years' Truce
- 01Samians’ revolt and Athenian response
- 02Siege of Samos and surrender terms
- 01Athenian growth and Spartan decision for war
- 02Corinthian argument for war
- 03Vote for war and diplomatic pretexts
- 01Cylon's seizure of the Acropolis and the Diasia festival
- 02The Cylonian curse and the expulsion of the accursed
- 03Spartan demands against Pericles and the curse of Taenarus
- 04The curse of the Brazen House and Pausanias
- 01Pausanias's secret correspondence with Xerxes
- 02Recall, trial, and exposure of the plot
- 01Pausanias’ death and burial
- 02Themistocles pursued from Peloponnese to Molossia
- 01Escape from the Athenian squadron
- 02Letter to Artaxerxes and Persian refuge
- 03Themistocles at the Persian court
- 04Death and burial at Magnesia
- 01Lacedaemonian ultimatum and Athenian assembly
- 02Pericles on refusing concessions
- 03Athens’ naval and strategic advantages
- 04Pericles’ proposed reply to Sparta
- 01Pericles urges resistance and preservation of Athenian power
- 02Athens rejects Spartan dictation and seeks legal settlement
- 03The unresolved quarrel before the war
- 01Theban seizure of Plataea
- 02Plataean counterattack and surrender
- 03Execution of the prisoners and Athenian response
- 04War preparations and public excitement
- 01Lacedaemonian and Athenian alliances
- 02Archidamus exhorts the allied army
- 01Archidamus rejects Athenian submission
- 02Pericles' wartime counsel and Athenian resources
- 01Athens' military and financial resources before invasion
- 02Synoecism under Theseus and the unification of Attica
- 01Athenian resettlement in the city
- 02Peloponnesian advance to Oenoe
- 01Archidamus's invasion of Attica
- 02Athenian alarm and calls for battle
- 01Defence of Athens and the first cavalry skirmish
- 02Peloponnesian withdrawal and Athenian war reserves
- 03Cruise around Peloponnese and the relief of Methone
- 04Operations off Elis, Locris, and Aegina
- 05Nymphodorus and the alliance with Sitalces
- 01Athens' summer campaigns and Megarid invasion
- 02Corinthian expedition to restore Evarchus
- 03Public funeral customs for the fallen
- 01Funeral custom and Pericles’ opening remarks
- 02Athens’ ancestors and constitutional greatness
- 03Athenian democracy, freedom, and civic life
- 04Athens as a model city and praise of the fallen
- 01Athens as a model of courage and honour
- 02Consolation for the parents of the dead
- 01Exhortation to the sons and brothers of the dead
- 02Praise of widowhood and female excellence
- 03Completion of the funeral oration and public rewards
- 01The Plague of Athens
- 02Pericles' naval expedition and Potidaea
- 01Pericles defends his war policy and urges civic resolve
- 02Athens’ imperial greatness and Pericles’ leadership
- 01Sicilian expedition and Athenian decline
- 02Zacynthus raid and Thracian diplomacy
- 03Execution of the Lacedaemonian envoys
- 01Ambraciot campaign against Amphilochian Argos
- 02Athenian winter operations and Potidaea's surrender
- 01Plataean appeal to Archidamus
- 02Siege works against Plataea
- 03Fire attack and circumvallation
- 01Siege of Plataea blockade arrangements
- 02Battle at Spartolus in Bottiaea
- 03Ambraciot and Chaonian plan against Acarnania
- 01Battle of Stratus and the Acarnanian retreat
- 02Naval battle in the Crissaean Gulf
- 03Peloponnesian preparations for a second sea fight
- 01Phormio’s battlefield exhortation
- 02Peloponnesian attack in the gulf
- 01Aftermath of the naval victory at Naupactus
- 02Peloponnesian raid on Salamis
- 01Sitalces’ invasion of Macedonia
- 02The Odrysian kingdom and its resources
- 03Macedonia’s origins and defenses
- 01Sitalces' Thracian invasion of Macedonia
- 02Athenian winter raid in Acarnania
- 03The Achelous, Echinades, and Alcmaeon at Oeniadae
- 01Peloponnesian invasion of Attica
- 02Lesbos revolts and Athenian response
- 03Siege of Mitylene and blockade
- 01Mitylenian case for revolt and alliance
- 02Lacedaemonian response and Athenian counter-mobilization
- 01Athens tightens the siege of Mitylene
- 02Plataean plan to escape the blockade
- 03Night assault and breakout over the wall
- 01Plataean escape to Athens
- 02Salaethus reaches Mitylene
- 03Peloponnesian invasion of Attica and Mitylene's surrender
- 01Terms of Mitylene's surrender
- 02Peloponnesian relief force and Teutiaplus's proposal
- 03Alcidas's retreat and executions at Myonnesus
- 04Paches's pursuit and the settlement of Notium
- 05Prisoners from Mitylene and Athenian death sentence
- 01The Mitylenian revolt and Athens’ reversal
- 02Cleon’s defense of imperial severity
- 03Why Mitylene deserves punishment
- 01Cleon’s case for executing Mitylene
- 02Diodotus on debate, motives, and good counsel
- 03Why the death penalty fails as deterrence
- 04Moderate punishment and political advantage
- 01Diodotus’ plea for measured punishment
- 02Vote, relief, and settlement of Lesbos
- 01Nicias's blockade of Minoa
- 02Surrender of Plataea
- 03Plataean defense before the Spartans
- 01Plataean appeal to Sparta
- 02Theban rebuttal of Plataean claims
- 03Theban defense before the Lacedaemonian judges
- 04Execution of the Plataean prisoners and destruction of the city
- 05Peloponnesian fleet regroups at Cyllene
- 01Return of the prisoners and political intrigue
- 02Murder of Peithias and the assembly decree
- 03Civil war between commons and oligarchs
- 01Nicostratus's settlement and the hostage crisis
- 02Peloponnesian arrival and the sea battle off Corcyra
- 03Aftermath in Corcyra and the massacre of the suppliants
- 01Escalation of civil strife and moral inversion
- 01Corcyra’s civil strife and factional violence
- 02Athenian expedition to Sicily and its aims
- 01Plague, earthquakes, and the end of the fifth year
- 02Aeolian Islands expedition from Rhegium
- 03Peloponnesian invasion aborted by earthquakes and coastal inundations
- 04Sicilian operations after Charoeades' death
- 01Athenians at Mylae, Melos, and Tanagra
- 02Foundation of Heraclea in Trachis
- 01Leucas and the Acarnanian siege plan
- 02Demosthenes persuaded to attack the Aetolians
- 03March from Leucas to Oeneon in Locris
- 01Demosthenes' advance into Aetolia
- 02Aetolian counterattack and Athenian rout
- 03Withdrawal to Naupactus and Athens
- 01Athenian raid on Locris and capture of Halex fort
- 02Eurylochus's march through Locris to Naupactus
- 03Demosthenes and the defense of Naupactus
- 04Ambraciot plan against Amphilochia and Acarnania
- 05Winter campaign in Sicily against Inessa
- 01Purification of Delos and burial restrictions
- 02Ancient Delian festival and Homeric testimony
- 03Revival of the Delian games with horse-races
- 01Ambraciot advance to Olpae
- 02Eurylochus joins the Ambraciots
- 03Athenians arrive and battle lines form
- 01Peloponnesian defeat at Olpae
- 02Truce, burial of the dead, and secret retreat
- 03Ambraciot relief force intercepted
- 01Night march to Idomene and surprise attack
- 02Herald from Olpae and the scale of the disaster
- 01Ambracian settlement and Corinthian garrison
- 02Athenian operations in Sicily and Etna eruption
- 01Messina and Rhegium in Sicily
- 02Demosthenes fortifies Pylos
- 03Spartan response and siege preparations
- 01Demosthenes fortifies Pylos against a two-front attack
- 02Brasidas leads the failed assault from sea and land
- 03Athenian fleet arrives and defeats the Peloponnesian ships
- 04Armistice terms for the stranded garrison
- 01Terms of the armistice and exchange of ships
- 02Lacedaemonian appeal for peace and alliance
- 03Cleon's counterproposal for surrender and restitution
- 01End of the Athenian-Lacedaemonian armistice
- 02Syracusan operations in the Strait of Messina
- 01Syracusan fighting off Messina
- 02Athenians at Pylos under blockade
- 01Athens fears the blockade will fail
- 02Cleon and Nicias debate the expedition
- 03Cleon accepts command and names his force
- 01Demosthenes’ concerns about the wooded island
- 02Cleon’s arrival and surrender proposal
- 03Night landing and enemy dispositions
- 01Athenian landing and encirclement
- 02Close fighting and retreat to the fort
- 03Messenian flanking maneuver and surrender
- 01Surrender of the Lacedaemonian garrison
- 02Aftermath of the Pylos blockade
- 01Athenian landing at Solygia
- 02Battle with the Corinthians
- 03Corinthian retreat to the hill
- 01Corinthian battle and Athenian coastal raids
- 02Corcyraean civil strife and massacre
- 03Winter diplomacy and Chian disarmament
- 04Lesbian exile raids and the expedition against Cythera
- 01Athens ravages Cythera and Thyrea
- 02Sicilian congress at Gela
- 03Hermocrates urges Sicilian peace
- 01Hermocrates persuades the Sicilians to make peace
- 02Athenian overconfidence after the Sicilian settlement
- 03Megarian unrest and the decision to betray the city
- 04Night seizure of the long walls and gates of Megara
- 01Megarian conspiracy and failed gate seizure
- 02Athenians invest Nisaea and build the cross wall
- 03Brasidas gathers relief forces for Megara
- 01Brasidas’ attempt to enter Megara
- 02Boeotian relief force and cavalry action
- 03Brasidas’ battle line and Athenian refusal to engage
- 01Athenians withdraw from Nisaea
- 02Brasidas enters Megara and the oligarchic coup
- 01Antandrus and Lamachus in the Pontus
- 02Boeotian conspiracy and planned seizures
- 01Brasidas crosses Thessaly to Dium
- 02Helot levy and Brasidas's expeditionary force
- 03Perdiccas and Arrhabaeus in Lyncus
- 01Brasidas's march to Acanthus
- 02Brasidas's address to the Acanthians
- 01Brasidas persuades Acanthus to revolt
- 02Athenian plan against Boeotia and the Delium fortification
- 01Boeotian muster at Tanagra and Pagondas's appeal
- 02Deployment and battle preparations
- 01Athenian rout and retreat after the battle
- 02Dispute over the dead and Delium's sanctity
- 03Boeotian siege engine and capture of Delium
- 04Battle casualties and Demosthenes at Sicyon
- 01Brasidas’ march on Amphipolis
- 02The surprise capture of the bridge and city
- 03Thucydides’ relief of Eion and Brasidas’ aftermath
- 01Brasidas wins over the Chalcidian towns
- 02Night assault on Torone
- 03Lecythus and Brasidas's proclamation
- 01Capture of Lecythus and Brasidas's Dedication
- 02One-Year Armistice and Its Terms
- 01Terms of the one-year armistice
- 02Athenian decree and ratification
- 03Conferences toward pacification
- 04Scione's revolt to Brasidas
- 01Brasidas wins over Scione
- 02Armistice dispute and Athenian response
- 03Mende's revolt during the truce
- 01Brasidas reinforces Scione and Mende
- 02Brasidas and Perdiccas in Lyncus
- 03Retreat from the Illyrian threat
- 01Brasidas’ speech on barbarian tactics
- 02Retreat under barbarian attack
- 01Brasidas reaches Arnisa and alienates Perdiccas
- 02Athenian expedition against Mende
- 03Operations against Scione and the town walls
- 01Capture of Mende and blockade of the citadel
- 02Investment of Scione and allied movements
- 03Perdiccas's peace and Brasidas's reinforcements
- 04Theban demolition of Thespian wall and Argive temple fire
- 01Winter armistice and battle at Laodicium
- 02Brasidas’ night attempt on Potidæa
- 01Expulsion of the Delians from Delos
- 02Cleon's expedition against Torone
- 03Aftermath of the capture of Torone
- 01Phaeax’s mission to Sicily and Italy
- 02Cleon’s operations around Amphipolis
- 01Cleon advances on Amphipolis
- 02Brasidas' battle plan and speech
- 03The sudden attack and Athenian rout
- 01Brasidas’s burial and the aftermath at Amphipolis
- 02Winter retreat and the turn toward peace
- 03Peace negotiations and the agreed terms
- 01Articles of the peace treaty
- 02Ratification, dating, and aftermath
- 01Terms of the Athenian-Spartan alliance
- 01Postwar unrest in Peloponnese
- 02Thucydides on the war’s duration
- 03Corinthian negotiations with Argos
- 01Argive defensive alliance decree
- 02Mantinea's defection and Peloponnesian agitation
- 03Spartan attempt to stop Corinth
- 01Argive alliance and Corinthian diplomacy
- 02Elean alliance and Leprean dispute
- 03Boeotian and Megarian neutrality
- 04Athenian and regional military events
- 01Corinthian and Boeotian truce negotiations
- 02Lacedaemonian campaign in Arcadia
- 03Brasidas's troops, Helot settlement, and Spartan disfranchisement
- 04Thyssus and the breakdown of treaty compliance
- 01Athens withdraws from Pylos and the summer peace
- 02Winter diplomacy at Lacedaemon and the Argive alliance plan
- 01Boeotian councils reject the alliance plan
- 02Mecyberna taken by the Olynthians
- 03Lacedaemon seeks Panactum from Boeotia
- 04Argive alarm over shifting alliances
- 01Argive negotiations for a fifty-year truce
- 02Panactum, prisoners, and Athenian anger
- 03Alcibiades opposes the treaty
- 01Alcibiades turns the Argives toward Athens
- 02Lacedaemonian embassy and Alcibiades' stratagem
- 03Nicias urges renewed negotiations with Sparta
- 01Negotiations with Lacedaemon and the Boeotian alliance
- 02Treaty and alliance with Argos, Mantinea, and Elis
- 01Alliance oath and treaty inscriptions
- 02Corinth's refusal to join the alliance
- 03Lacedaemonians excluded from the Olympic games
- 01Olympic fine and exclusion of the Lacedaemonians
- 02Winter battle at Heraclea in Trachinia
- 01Alcibiades' Peloponnesian campaign and Patrians
- 02Epidaurus and Argive invasion
- 03Mantinea peace conference and renewed raids
- 04Lacedaemonian garrison in Epidaurus
- 01Winter skirmishes and the failed assault on Epidaurus
- 02Lacedaemonian mobilization and march to Argos
- 03Battle dispositions at Nemea and the encirclement of the Argives
- 04Agis grants a four-month truce
- 05Argive anger and the Athenian intervention
- 01Orchomenos capitulates and alliance disputes
- 02Agis censured and restrained by Spartan counsellors
- 03Rapid march to Tegea and advance toward Mantinea
- 01Argive retreat and deployment in the plain
- 02Battle formations and troop numbers
- 03Battle exhortations and opening maneuvers
- 04Lacedaemonian breakthrough and Argive defeat
- 05Casualties, trophy, and aftermath
- 01Argive accommodation and the Lacedaemonian terms
- 02Fifty-year treaty and alliance with Argos
- 01Argive democracy restored and Athenian alliance
- 02Lacedaemonian march against Argos and destruction of the walls
- 03Athenian blockade of Macedonia and the end of the fifteenth year
- 01Athenian expedition against Melos
- 02The Melian Conference
- 03Melian refusal and Athenian warning
- 04Siege of Melos and related wartime incidents
- 05Fall of Melos and Athenian settlement
- 06Book VI heading
- 01Athens' renewed Sicilian expedition
- 02Early peoples and settlements of Sicily
- 03Greek colonies founded in Sicily
- 01Egestaean appeal for Athenian aid
- 02Winter campaigning in Argos and Macedonia
- 03Athenian vote to send the Sicilian expedition
- 01Nicias's warning against the Sicilian expedition
- 01Nicias urges a second vote on Sicily
- 02Alcibiades defends his public ambition
- 03Alcibiades argues for the Sicilian expedition
- 01Alcibiades' case for the Sicilian expedition
- 02Nicias' warning about Sicily's strength
- 03Nicias' proposed expedition force and supplies
- 01Vote for the expedition and military preparations
- 02Mutilation of the Hermae and accusations against Alcibiades
- 01Decision to sail and delayed trial
- 02Public departure from Piraeus
- 03Scale and costly outfitting of the expedition
- 04Prayers, libations, and sailing to Corcyra
- 01Hermocrates warns Syracuse of the Athenian expedition
- 02Athenagoras dismisses the rumors and attacks the oligarchs
- 03Athenagoras defends democracy
- 04General's response and preparations
- 05Athenians arrive at Corcyra
- 01Sicilian expedition fleet and supplies
- 02Arrival at Rhegium and negotiations
- 03Syracusan preparations and Egesta's disappointment
- 01Egestaean deception and false wealth
- 02Generals' debate on the Sicilian campaign
- 01Initial proposals for a Syracuse base
- 02Advance to Naxos, Catana, and Syracuse
- 03Occupation of Catana and alliance
- 04Camarina approach and withdrawal
- 05Recall of Alcibiades to Athens
- 01Athens under the Pisistratid tyranny
- 02Harmodius, Aristogiton, and the love affair
- 03Evidence that Hippias succeeded Pisistratus
- 01Harmodius and Aristogiton's conspiracy
- 02The assassination at the Panathenaea
- 03Hippias's reprisals and foreign alliances
- 01The Hermae arrests and confessions
- 02Suspicion against Alcibiades and the summons to trial
- 03Flight from Sicily and sentence in absentia
- 01Athenians raid Sicily and seek allies
- 02Syracusan confidence and Athenian stratagem
- 01Athenian deception and Syracusan march to Catana
- 02Battle lines and Nicias's exhortation
- 03Close combat and Syracusan rout
- 01Athenians withdraw to Catana for winter
- 02Hermocrates' speech and Syracusan military reforms
- 03Election of generals and appeals for allies
- 01Athenian failure at Messina and Syracusan winter preparations
- 02Hermocrates’ appeal for Sicilian unity against Athens
- 03Alliance obligations and the Camarinaean choice
- 01Hermocrates’ appeal for alliance
- 02Euphemus on Athenian empire
- 01Euphemus’ case for Athenian intervention in Sicily
- 02Camarinaean neutrality and the Sicilian campaign
- 01Syracusan appeal at Lacedaemon
- 02Alcibiades’ defense and political self-justification
- 03Athenian grand strategy in Sicily and beyond
- 04Spartan intervention in Sicily and Decelea
- 01Alcibiades urges Sparta to attack Sicily and Attica
- 02Spartan response and preparations for aid to Sicily
- 03Athenian reinforcements and the opening Sicilian raids
- 01Athens reinforces the siege force
- 02Syracusan defense of Epipolae
- 03Athenian landing at Leon and victory at Epipolae
- 04Labdalum fort and cavalry buildup
- 05The Circle and the first circumvallation works
- 06Syracusan counterwall and Athenian assault
- 01Lamachus killed in the assault
- 02Nicias secures the siege lines
- 03Syracusan despair and new generals
- 01Gylippus’s voyage toward Sicily
- 02Lacedaemonian invasion of Argos and Athenian intervention
- 01Gylippus’s march from Himera to Syracuse
- 02First arrival and initial fighting at Epipolae
- 03Plemmyrium fortification and naval precautions
- 04Cross wall, Corinthian reinforcements, and Syracusan confidence
- 05Nicias’s appeal to Athens and the winter letter
- 06Nicias’s warning and request for reinforcements
- 07Athenian response and preparations for Sicily
- 08Spartan and Corinthian war preparations
- 01Lacedaemonian occupation of Decelea
- 02Athenian countermeasures and Sicilian reinforcements
- 01Night assault on Plemmyrium and harbor battle
- 02Capture and consequences of Plemmyrium
- 01Syracusan naval raid and harbour defenses
- 02Demosthenes joins Charicles and fortifies Laconia
- 01Decelea’s occupation and Athens’ financial strain
- 02Thracian raid on Mycalessus
- 03Demosthenes’ movements after Corcyra
- 01Sicel ambuscade and Sicilian reinforcements
- 02Demosthenes and Eurymedon in Italy
- 03Battle off Erineus near Naupactus
- 01Demosthenes and Eurymedon’s coastal march
- 02Syracusan naval preparations for the harbor battle
- 03The first combined land-and-sea engagement
- 04Nicias’s defensive harbor measures
- 05The Syracusan ruse and midday attack
- 06Athenian defeat and Syracusan trophies
- 01Demosthenes and Eurymedon's arrival
- 02Attack on the Syracusan counterwall and Epipolae
- 01Night assault on Epipolae
- 02Confusion and rout in moonlight
- 01Syracusan pursuit and trophies after the failed assault
- 02Demosthenes urges immediate withdrawal
- 03Nicias argues to continue the siege
- 04Proposal to relocate the army and fleet
- 01Syracusan counteroffensive and the eclipse delay
- 02Battle in the Great Harbour and Athenian defeat
- 03Forces assembled for the Sicilian campaign
- 04Syracusan blockade and Athenian war council
- 01Nicias rallies the Athenian fleet
- 02Syracusan reply and battle preparations
- 03Final exhortations before the naval assault
- 01The harbour battle and its confusion
- 02Athenian defeat and retreat by land
- 01Syracusan deception and the delayed retreat
- 02Nicias’s encouragement and the march in hollow square
- 03Blocked passes, night march, and separation of the army
- 01Pursuit after the river crossing
- 02Demosthenes' surrender and Nicias' failed terms
- 03Assinarus crossing and final destruction
- 04Capture of prisoners and execution of the generals
- 01Treatment of the prisoners in the quarries
- 02The Sicilian disaster and its scale
- 01Athenian reaction to the Sicilian disaster
- 02Lacedaemonian and Athenian war preparations
- 03Ionian revolts and Persian intervention
- 04Chian expedition and battle at Spiraeum
- 05Alcibiades Persuades the Spartans to Continue
- 06Revolt of Chios, Erythrae, and Clazomenae
- 07Athenian Emergency Response and Reinforcements
- 08Strombichides and Chalcideus Move on Teos
- 01Revolt of Miletus and the alliance with the King
- 01Samian commons seize power
- 01Athens restores Lesbos and Clazomenae
- 02Operations at Lade, Chios, and Miletus
- 01Athenians defeat the Peloponnesians at Miletus
- 02Peloponnesian relief fleet and Athenian withdrawal
- 01Capture and plunder of Iasus
- 02Tissaphernes' pay settlement with the Peloponnesians
- 03Athenian operations against Chios and Miletus
- 04Astyochus' raid on Clazomenae and nearby islands
- 01Lesbian revolt and Astyochus's departure from Chios
- 02Athenian pursuit off Corycus and fighting near Chios
- 03Cnidus revolt, Triopium patrol, and Athenian assault
- 01The new convention with Tissaphernes
- 02Operations at Chios and Samos
- 03Reinforcements sent to Astyochus
- 01Peloponnesian convoy to Caunus
- 02Athens and Sparta maneuver off Syme
- 03Aftermath at Cnidus and dispute with Tissaphernes
- 01Rhodian revolt and Peloponnesian occupation
- 02Alcibiades manipulates Tissaphernes and the Persian subsidy
- 03Oligarchic conspiracy at Samos and the embassy to Athens
- 04Phrynichus's warning letter and Astyochus's betrayal
- 01Phrynichus, Alcibiades, and the warning at Samos
- 02Pisander's appeal for oligarchy and Alcibiades' recall
- 03Rhodes, Chios, and the failed Tissaphernes negotiations
- 01Alcibiades' failed demands at the interview
- 02Tissaphernes' balancing strategy and the third treaty
- 01Boeotian seizure of Oropus and the end of the twentieth year
- 02Spring operations in the Hellespont and Chian fighting
- 03Democracy overthrown at Athens and oligarchic plotting from Samos
- 04Oligarchic revolution in Athens and suppression of opposition
- 01Pisander's constitutional maneuver
- 02Antiphon and the oligarchic leaders
- 01Installation of the Four Hundred
- 02Agis's response and the failed peace overture
- 01Samian democratic counterrevolution
- 01Oligarchic rumors and the army’s reaction
- 02Democratic oath and reorganization at Samos
- 03Arguments for the army’s strategic advantage
- 01Complaints against Astyochus and Tissaphernes
- 02Peloponnesian advance to Mycale and withdrawal
- 03Athenian reinforcement and return to Samos
- 01Recall of Alcibiades and his return to Samos
- 02Peloponnesian discontent with Tissaphernes and Astyochus
- 03Four Hundred envoys and the defense of the democracy
- 01Tissaphernes at Aspendus and the Phoenician fleet
- 02Alcibiades sails to Aspendus
- 03The Four Hundred and the Five Thousand
- 01The Four Hundred's political crisis
- 02The wall in Eetionia and Theramenes' warning
- 01Theramenes turns against the Four Hundred
- 02Restoration of concord and the threat from Agesandridas
- 03The battle off Eretria and the loss of Euboea
- 01Revolt of Euboea and Athenian panic
- 02Deposition of the Four Hundred and restoration of the Five Thousand
- 03Withdrawal of the oligarchic leaders to Decelea
- 01Mindarus sails from Miletus to the Hellespont
- 02Thrasyllus and Thrasybulus move against Eresus
- 01Mindarus sails from Chios to the Hellespont
- 02Athenian retreat from Eresus and preparations at Elaeus
- 03Deployment for battle off Cynossema
- 01Victory at Cynossema and its aftermath
- 02Athens’ recovery and Cyzicus expedition
- 03Alcibiades returns to Samos
- 01Antandros and Arsaces' abuses
- 02Tissaphernes' response and journey to the Hellespont
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