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Post by The Herald Erjen on Mar 8, 2019 10:27:38 GMT
You think? I thought he did quite well. I always thought the Sicilian disaster was more Nicias' fault. It's been years since I studied it, but as I recall Athens got the better of Sparta for the first 1/3 of the war, and for the second 1/3 a cease-fire was observed, then Alcibiades talked the Athenians into the expedition in Sicily. Perhaps it was Nicias' fault that Syracuse was not conquered, but Alcibiades defected to the Spartan side and let Nicias face the music. The last 1/3 of the war went very badly for Athens from that point. Of course, there may be other factors that I am not aware of.
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