Download or read book The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition written by Donald Kagan and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-16 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did the Peace of Nicias fail to reconcile Athens and Sparta? Donald Kagan examines the years between the signing of the peace treaty and the destruction of the Athenian expedition to Sicily in 413 B.C. The principal figure in the narrative is the Athenian politician and general Nicias, whose policies shaped the treaty and whose military strategies played a major role in the attack against Sicily.