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Amphipolis (422 BC)Scenario#: 612 Date: 422-BC Location: Amphipolis, GreeceIn 424 BC, the Spartan general Brasidas led an army toward Thrace to threaten the only accessible part of the Athenian Empire. He reached Thrace and offered generous terms to the people of Amphipolis, who surrendered without a fight. In … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |
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Anapus River (415 BC)Scenario#: 614 Date: 415-BC Location: Syracuse, SicilyIn 415 BC Athens and Sparta were still under the Peace of Nicias, when the Sicilian city of Segesta requested help from Athens in their war against Selinus. Some Athenians saw this as an opportunity to take over all of … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |
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Delium (424 BC)Scenario#: 611 Date: 424-BC Location: Delium, GreeceThe first great Hoplite battle of the Peloponnesian War was fought between Athens and Boeotia. The Athenians formed a plot with some Boeotian democrats to overthrow the Theban autocracy. Demosthenes led an expedition in the west, while Hippocrates… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |
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Lechaeum (391 BC)Scenario#: 621 Date: 391-BC Location: Lechaaeum, GreeceThe Spartan commander at Lechaeum, honoring the tradition of the Amyclaeans in his army to return to their city of Amyclae to celebrate a religious festival, marched an escort force of Hoplites and cavalry past Corinth. After successfully leading his… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |
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Munychia (404 BC)Scenario#: 616 Date: 404-BC Location: Piraeus, GreeceThrasybulus and the Athenian exiles marched from Phyle to the port city of Piraeus. The next day, oligarchic forces under the command of Critias, one of the Thirty Tyrants, marched out to meet them. Thrasybulus had taken a defensive position … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |
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Olpae (426 BC)Scenario#: 609 Date: 426-BC Location: Argos, GreeceDuring the Second, or Great, Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC) the Athenians recognized their inferiority to Sparta in land warfare, and chose to fight with proxy forces and at sea. Nevertheless, there were many small battles, and the clash at Olpae … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |
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Phyle (404 BC)Scenario#: 615 Date: 404-BC Location: Phyle, GreeceFollowing Athens’ defeat in the Peloponnesian War, the victorious Spartans imposed an oligarchic government on the city which became known as the Thirty Tyrants. Late in 404, Thrasybulus, leading a force of Anthenian exiles, gathered at Phyle near… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |
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Piraeus (403 BC)Scenario#: 617 Date: 403-BC Location: Piraeus, GreeceAfter the Thirty were deposed, the new government, although more moderate, was not ready to compromise with the Athenian exiles, who now held the Athenian port of Piraeus. The new government sent emissaries to Sparta, and Sparta sent Pausanias at … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |
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Sphacteria (425 BC)Scenario#: 610 Date: 425-BC Location: Spacteria, GreeceAfter the Battle of Pylos, a force of Spartan soldiers was isolated on the island of Sphacteria. Demosthenes, commanding the force at Pylos, initially planned to starve the Spartans out, but it became clear over time that the Spartans would … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |
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Tanagra (457 BC)Scenario#: 608 Date: 457-BC Location: Tanagra, GreeceThe First Peloponnesian War (460-445 BC) broke out due to Megara’s defection from the Spartan alliance, and Spartan envy and fear over the growth of the Athenian Empire. Nicomedes marched an army into Boeotia in 457 BC to intervene in … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #6: The Spartans |