EventsBy placeGreeceWith the encouragement of
Alcibiades, the
Athenians take the island of
Melos (which has remained neutral during the
Peloponnesian War). Its inhabitants are treated with great cruelty by the Athenians, with all the men capable of bearing arms being killed, while the women and children are made slaves.In
Sicily, the
Ionian city of
Segesta asks for Athenian help from the
Dorian city of
Selinus (which is supported by the powerful Sicilian city of
Syracuse). The people of Syracuse are ethnically Dorian (as are the
Spartans), while the Athenians, and their allies in Sicily, are Ionian. The Athenians feel obliged to assist their ally and therefore prepare an armada to attack Sicily.
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