The Peace of Nicias was a peace treaty signed between the Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta in the March of 421 BC, ending the first half of the Peloponnesian War. A Treaty is an agreement under International law entered into by actors in international law namely States and International organizations. The term ancient Greece refers to the period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca A city-state is a Region controlled exclusively by a City, usually having Sovereignty. Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's The city of Sparta ( Doric Σπάρτα Attic Σπάρτη Events By place Greece Nicias, the leader of the aristocratic and peace party in Athens and Pleistoanax, King of
In 425 BC, the Spartans had lost the battles of Pylos and Sphacteria, a severe defeat resulting in the Athenians holding 120 Spartan hoplites (stated by Thucydides). Events By place Persian Empire Artaxerxes I, Achaemenid king of Persia, is succeeded by his son Xerxes II The naval Battle of Pylos took place in 425 BC during the Peloponnesian War at the peninsula of Pylos, on the Bay of Navarino in Messenia The Battle of Sphacteria was a land battle of the Peloponnesian War, fought in 425 BC between Athens and Sparta. Thucydides ( C 460 BC &ndash C 395 BC) ( Greek Θουκυδίδης Thoukydídēs) was a Greek They had recovered by 424 BC, when the Spartan general Brasidas captured Amphipolis. Events By place Persian empire Xerxes II rules as King of Persia for only about 45 days until he is killed Brasidas ( Greek: Βρασίδας) (d 422 BC was a Spartan officer during the first decade of the Peloponnesian War. Amphipolis (Ἀμφίπολις &ndash Amphípolis) was an ancient Greek city in the region once inhabited by the Edoni people That same year, the Athenians suffered a major defeat in Boeotia at the Battle of Delium, and in 422 BC they were defeated again at the Battle of Amphipolis in their attempt to take back that city. Boeotia, Beotia, or Bœotia ( Greek: Βοιωτία - English biːˈoʊʃiə formerly Cadmeis was a region of Ancient Greece, north of the The Battle of Delium or of Delion took place in 424 BC between the Athenians and the Boeotians and ended with the siege of Delium Events By place Greece Athenian leader Cleon, ends the truce between Athens and Sparta after he resolves to rescue The Battle of Amphipolis was fought in 422 BC during the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. Both Brasidas, the leading Spartan general and Cleon, the leading politician in Athens were killed at Amphipolis. Both sides were exhausted and ready for peace.
The negotiations were begun by Pleistoanax, King of Sparta, and the Athenian general Nicias. Pleistoanax (reigned 458 BCE &ndash 409 BCE was an Agiad King of Sparta. Sparta was an important Greek city-state in the Peloponnesus. Nicias or Nikias (Νικίας (c470 BC-413 BC was an Athenian politician and general during the period of the Peloponnesian War. Both decided to return everything that they had conquered during the war, except for Nisaea, which would remain in Athenian hands, and Plataea, which remained under the control of Thebes. For the Geometer moth Genus, see Plataea (moth. Plataea or Plataeae was an ancient city located in Greece Thebes ( Classic Greek Θῆβαι, Mod Θήβα) is a city in Greece, situated to the north of the Cithaeron range which divides Most notably, Amphipolis would be returned to Athens, and the Athenians would release the prisoners taken at Sphacteria. Temples throughout Greece would be open to worshippers from all cities, and the oracle at Delphi would regain its autonomy. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Delphi ( Greek,) ( pronounce and dialectal forms) is an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western Athens could continue to collect tribute from the states from which it had done so since the time of Aristides, but Athens could not force them to become allies. Aristides or Aristeides ( Greek, 530–468 BC was an Athenian soldier and statesman Athens also agreed to come to Sparta's aid if the Helots revolted. The helots (in Classical Greek / Heílôtes) were an unfree population group that formed the All of Sparta's allies agreed to sign the peace, except for the Boeotians, Corinth, Elis, and Megara. Boeotia, Beotia, or Bœotia ( Greek: Βοιωτία - English biːˈoʊʃiə formerly Cadmeis was a region of Ancient Greece, north of the Corinth, or Korinth ( Greek Κόρινθος ( is a city in Greece. Elis, or Eleia ( Greek, Modern Ήλιδα Ilida, Ancient Ēlis, Doric: Alis, Elean: Walis) is an ancient Megara ( Greek:, "Big Houses" is an ancient city (pop
Seventeen representatives from each side swore an oath to uphold the treaty, which was meant to last for fifty years. These representatives were, for Sparta, the kings Pleistoanax and Agis II, Pleistolas, Damagetus, Chionis, Metagenes, Acanthus, Daithus, Ischagoras, Philocharidas, Zeuxidas, Antiphus, Tellis, Alcindas, Empedias, Menas, and Laphilus. For other uses of this name see Agis. Agis II ( Gr) (d c 401 BC was the 17th Eurypontid king of Sparta The Athenian representatives were Lampon, Isthmonicus, Nicias, Laches, Euthydemus, Procles, Pythodorus, Hagnon, Myrtilus, Thrasycles, Theagenes, Aristocrates, Iolcius, Timocrates, Leon, Lamachus, and Demosthenes. Lamachus (Λάμαχος was an Athenian general in the Peloponnesian War. Demosthenes ( Greek: Δημοσθένης, died 413 BC son of Alcisthenes was an Athenian General during the Peloponnesian War. However, neither side was satisfied, and the treaty was later broken and rendered useless.
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