I will be needing some general info (and fact-checking..) since this is a bit of the backdrop in the first presentation of my second circle of seminars for the libraries..
The seminar starts with Plato, who was born a few years (3 or 4, likely) before the treaty of Nikias. That peace treaty was supposed to last for 50 years, and its premise was that all of the lands controlled by other powers up to then would be returned to the pre-war state, apart from Plataea (which would now be Theban) and Nissaea, the main port of Megara (now to be controlled by Athens).
I want to ask about Nisaea:
-Where exactly was it situated? (which bit of the thin peninsula of Megara).
-Why did Athens wish to humiliate Megara in this way? (Megara was one of the very few Spartan allies which did not want to honor the Peace of Nikias)
Furthermore:
The peace of Nikias fell through due to the cancelling of the main Athenian request, which was originally agreed upon, and was the return of Amphipolis to their control.
-How was this cancelled?
-Was the Athenian campaign against Syracuse a direct result of an attempt to bring the original treaty back in force? (the treaty of Nikias was only fully abandoned following the disaster at Sicily).
Thanks in advance
The seminar starts with Plato, who was born a few years (3 or 4, likely) before the treaty of Nikias. That peace treaty was supposed to last for 50 years, and its premise was that all of the lands controlled by other powers up to then would be returned to the pre-war state, apart from Plataea (which would now be Theban) and Nissaea, the main port of Megara (now to be controlled by Athens).
I want to ask about Nisaea:
-Where exactly was it situated? (which bit of the thin peninsula of Megara).
-Why did Athens wish to humiliate Megara in this way? (Megara was one of the very few Spartan allies which did not want to honor the Peace of Nikias)
Furthermore:
The peace of Nikias fell through due to the cancelling of the main Athenian request, which was originally agreed upon, and was the return of Amphipolis to their control.
-How was this cancelled?
-Was the Athenian campaign against Syracuse a direct result of an attempt to bring the original treaty back in force? (the treaty of Nikias was only fully abandoned following the disaster at Sicily).
Thanks in advance