syracusans

Life events

• The Syracusans and their allies lost a naval battle and one ship.(Book 4 · Chapter 12 · Part 4 · 📍 the strait)
  • With: athenians Rhegians
  • “Defeated by the Athenians they hastily set off, each for himself, to their own stations at Messina and Rhegium, with the loss of one ship; night coming on before the battle was finished.”
• The Athenians and Rhegians attacked the unmanned Syracusan ships and lost one vessel.(Book 4 · Chapter 12 · Part 4 · 📍 Cape Pelorus)
  • With: athenians Rhegians
  • “Here the Athenians and Rhegians sailed up, and seeing the ships unmanned, made an attack, in which they in their turn lost one vessel, which was caught by a grappling iron, the crew saving themselves by swimming.”
• The Syracusans counterattacked during the voyage to Messina and caused the Athenians to lose another vessel.(Book 4 · Chapter 12 · Part 4 · 📍 Messina)
  • With: athenians
  • “After this the Syracusans got on board their ships, and while they were being towed alongshore to Messina, were again attacked by the Athenians, but suddenly got out to sea and became the assailants, and caused them to lose another vessel.”
• The Camarinaeans took Morgantina at a price fixed to be paid to the Syracusans.(Book 4 · Chapter 13 · Part 3 · 📍 Morgantina)
  • With: Camarinaeans
  • “the Camarinaeans taking Morgantina at a price fixed to be paid to the Syracusans”
• The Syracusans departed from the assembly after the general ended further speeches.(Book 6 · Chapter 19 · Part 2)
  • “After these words from the general, the Syracusans departed from the assembly.”
• A general undertook to organize preparations and send parties to reconnoitre the cities.(Book 6 · Chapter 19 · Part 2)
  • With: the general
  • “we will undertake to see to and order this, and to send round to the cities to reconnoitre and do all else that may appear desirable.”
• The Syracusans marched toward Catana after believing a false report about the Athenian camp.(Book 6 · Chapter 20 · Part 1 · 📍 Catana)
  • “Their preparations completed, and the time fixed for their arrival being at hand, they set out for Catana”
• The Camarinaeans decided to side with neither the Athenians nor the Syracusans.(Book 6 · Chapter 20 · Part 4)
  • With: Camarinaeans athenians
  • “they thought it most consistent with their oaths at present to side with neither”
• The Syracusans sent garrisons and reinforcements that stopped the Athenians from compelling some Sicels to join.(Book 6 · Chapter 20 · Part 4)
  • With: athenians
  • “in the case of others they were stopped by the Syracusans sending garrisons and reinforcements.”
• The Corinthians voted to aid the Syracusans.(Book 6 · Chapter 20 · Part 5 · 📍 Corinth)
  • With: Corinthians
  • “The Corinthians voted at once to aid them heart and soul themselves”
• The Corinthians sent envoys with the Syracusans to persuade Lacedaemon to aid them.(Book 6 · Chapter 20 · Part 5 · 📍 Corinth)
  • With: Corinthians
  • “and then sent on envoys with them to Lacedaemon, to help them to persuade her also to prosecute the war with the Athenians more openly at home and to send succours to Sicily.”
• The Corinthians, Syracusans, and Alcibiades persuaded the Lacedaemonians to pursue the war more openly and send aid to Sicily.(Book 6 · Chapter 20 · Part 5 · 📍 Lacedaemon)
  • With: Corinthians Alcibiades Lacedaemonians
  • “The result was that the Corinthians, Syracusans, and Alcibiades, pressing all the same request in the assembly of the Lacedaemonians, succeeded in persuading them;”
• The Syracusans and their allies began closing the harbour to trap the Athenian fleet.(Book 7 · Chapter 23 · Part 2 · 📍 Great Harbour)
  • With: their allies
  • “They began at once to close up the Great Harbour by means of boats, merchant vessels, and galleys moored broadside across its mouth, which is nearly a mile wide, and made all their other arrangements for the event of the Athenians again venturing to fight at sea.”

Book 6 · Chapter 20 · Part 7

• with Nicias (The Syracusans proposed terms of capitulation to Nicias.) “The Syracusans began to despair of finding safety in arms, no relief having reached them from Peloponnese, and were now proposing terms of capitulation among themselves and to Nicias, who after the death of Lamachus was left sole commander.”

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