In early 405 the Spartan general, Lysander, captured the whole of the Athenian fleet. Alcibiades alone had foreseen the danger, but his advice had been ignored. With no fleet left, Athens tried ...

The reaction of the Athenians to the Sicilian defeat was to look for scapegoats. Spartan forces now occupied Attica, and over the next few years more than twenty thousand slaves defected to the ...

The map below shows the location of Athens and Sparta. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...

The map below shows the location of Sparta and Athens. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...

Athenians may have hated Spartans so much they idolized them Athenians may have hated Spartans so much they idolized them This ancient script has remained unsolved for over a century This ancient ...