Alcibiades
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- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History
- Subcategories: Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Wars, Battles, Hellenistic Age, Ancient Greece
- Curriculum: Asian History, Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
Article abstract: Military significance: The most energetic Athenian general of the Peloponnesian Wars, Alcibiades successfully battled a Spartan fleet at Cyzicus.
Born into an old, distinguished Athenian family, Alcibiades was raised in the house of the statesman Pericles after the death of his father. He fought at Potidaea (432 b.c.e.) and Delium (424 b.c.e.) during the Peloponnesian Wars (460-404 b.c.e.), but he became prominent after the Peace of Nicias (421 b.c.e.), when he advocated a staunchly anti-Spartan policy. In 416 b.c.e., he convinced the Athenians...
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