Nicias besieges Syracuse and seizes its harbor

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Related Conflict :	Peloponnesian War
Perpetrator (Person) :	Nicias Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: victory
Perpetrator (Group) :	Athenian army Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Group) :	Army of Syracuse Origin: Syracusan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: defeat
Level :	interpersonal
Source :	Plutarch, Nicias 16.3Plutarch Nicias 16.3 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Syracuse (Siracusa)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	5 B.C.
Year :	415 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign
Motivation :	political tactical/strategical
Application :	other
Original Text :	πανστρατιᾷ γὰρ ἐξαγαγὼν τοὺς πολεμίους καὶ τὴν πόλιν ὁμοῦ τι ποιήσας ἔρημον ἀνδρῶν, αὐτὸς ἐκ Κατάνης ἀναχθεὶς τῶν τε λιμένων ἐκράτησε καὶ τῷ στρατοπέδῳ κατέλαβε χώραν, ὅθεν ἥκιστα βλαπτόμενος οἷς ἐλείπετο τῶν πολεμίων,
Translation :	He brought his enemy out of their city in full force, thereby almost emptying it of defenders, while he himself put out to sea from Catana, got control of the enemy's harbors, and seized a spot for his camp
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1916. 3.
Remark :	application: Next to his military equipment, Nicias utilized what Plutarch calls "the best generalship that Nicias displayed in Sicily", meaning that he convinced the inhabitants of Syracuse to leave the city and unattended.
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