Peace of Nicias

(36 words)
  • Elsa Bouchard (University of Montreal)

Short Note This is a short note

This peace treaty signed between Sparta and Athens was largely made possible by the moderate politician Nicias. It marks the end of the first part of the Peloponnesian War (the so-called ôTen-years Warö or ôArchidamian Warö).

Short notes under 150 words are freely available to all users, but to consult all other articles in the Literary Encyclopedia, you must be logged in as a subscriber. To read about subscribing click here.


Citation:
Bouchard, Elsa. "Peace of Nicias". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 March 2010
[http://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=11231, accessed 25 May 2013.]