Athenian Expedition to Sicily

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Sicilian_Expedition
gptkbp:casualties heavy Athenian losses
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Athens
gptkb:Syracuse
gptkb:Sparta
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Alcibiades
gptkb:Gylippus
gptkb:Lamachus
gptkb:Nicias
gptkbp:endDate 413 BC
gptkbp:goal conquest of Syracuse
gptkbp:historian gptkb:Thucydides
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Athenian Expedition to Sicily
gptkbp:location gptkb:Sicily
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:siege_of_Syracuse
Athenian fleet destroyed
massacre and enslavement of Athenian survivors
Alcibiades recalled to Athens and defected to Sparta
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Peloponnesian_War
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Delian_League
Spartan intervention in Sicily
gptkbp:result Decisive Syracusan and Spartan victory
destruction of Athenian expeditionary force
gptkbp:significance major turning point in Peloponnesian War
gptkbp:startDate 415 BC
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Egesta
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7