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Sicilian Expedition

war between Segesta and Selinus 365
Selinus allied with Syracuse
Syracuse had depopulated Leontini (when? 303)
366 envoy to Segesta; 60 ships - Alcibiades, Nicias, Lamachus
377 this most costly and splendid force
Hermocrates of Syracuse; Athenagoras leader of people
385 - forces described
first stop Rhegium; 387 Egestan ruse
set up camp at Catana summmer 415 389; recall of Alcibiades
establish fort at Daskon 399; battle which Athenians win
then they go back to Catana for the winter and plan for a spring campaign
Syracuse now takes the threat seriously and sends for reinforcements from Sparta and Corinth under leadership of Hermocrates
Athenians at Naxos - why? see index, both are winter quarters of Athenians
p403 Syracusans built wall to enclose Temenites
p411 move winter quarters from Catana to Naxos
p426 Spartans vote to send aid
summer 414 cavalry arrives from Athens p416
p418 Athenians get to epipolae defeat Syracusans and build fort
then Athenians start circumvallation
Syracusan counterwall; Athenians destroy it
p421 second counter wall; also destroyed but Lamachus killed

Leontini and Syracuse
- Segesta and Selinus
  - third indent

416 B.C.

Rivalry of Nicias and Alcibiades

Athenian expedition against Melos

War between Leontini and Syracuse, and war between Segesta and Selinus in Sicily

Segesta appeals to Athens

415 B.C.

Athenians send Sicilian Expedition under Nicias, Alcibiades, and Lamachus

Recall and Flight of Alcibiades

Battle of Dascon: Athenians defeat Syracusans

Siege of Syracuse begins

414 B.C.

Siege of Syracuse pressed by Nicias

Arrival of Alcibiades in Sparta

Spartan aid under GYLIPPUS sent to Syracuse

Nicias loses initiative to Gylippus

Sparta declares war

413 B.C.

King Agis invades Attica and fortifies DECELEA

Siege of Athens

Reinforcements under Demosthenes sent to Nicias

Failure to capture Epipolae

Retreat and Destruction of Athenian Expedition in Sicily

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416 B.C.		Rivalry of Nicias and Alcibiades
		Athenian expedition against Melos
		War between Leontini and Syracuse, and war between Segesta and Selinus in Sicily
		Segesta appeals to Athens

415 B.C.		Athenians send Sicilian Expedition under Nicias, Alcibiades, and Lamachus
		Recall and Flight of Alcibiades
		Battle of Dascon: Athenians defeat Syracusans
		Siege of Syracuse begins

414 B.C.		Siege of Syracuse pressed by Nicias
		Arrival of Alcibiades in Sparta
		Spartan aid under GYLIPPUS sent to Syracuse
		Nicias loses initiative to Gylippus
		Sparta declares war

413 B.C.		King Agis invades Attica and fortifies DECELEA
		Siege of Athens
		Reinforcements under Demosthenes sent to Nicias
		Failure to capture Epipolae
		Retreat and Destruction of Athenian Expedition in Sicily