The Long Shadow of the Ancient Greek World

War Resumes - The Athenian Disaster in Sicily (1x29)

Fecha de emisión: May 01, 2009

Thucydides attributed Athens's loss in the war to the Sicilian expedition and the decline in leadership after Pericles. You examine the collapse of the Peace of Nicias and the background to the Sicilian campaign, noting how Athenians committed rashly to the enterprise.