Failure of their SIEGE OF SYRACUSE

SIEGE OF SYRACUSE - 414-413 BC Athenians in Sicily: Having failed to capture Syracuse by siege (414-413 BC), the Athenian army under Demosthenes was routed by the Syracusians, and so hard pressed by them while retreating, some hurled themselves off the cliffs. PELOPONNESIAN WAR (Second, or Great) 431-404 BC between Athens and Sparta. Illustration by W. Gordon Mein 1910

431-404 Athenian Athenians Demosthenes Failed Failure Hurled Mein Nicias Ordering Peloponnesian Pressed Retreating Routed Sparta Syracuse Themselves

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