-415

This page relates to the year -415 Calendrier Julien proleptic.

Events

Before the forwarding of Sicily, of the statues of Hermes is mutilated on the Agora during one night of spring. Parodies of Mystère take place in private houses. An oligarchical plot is suspected. Alcibiade is shown to have taken part there. It risks a death sentence. Recalled of Sicily, it takes refuge with Sparte where it supports an alliance between Sparte and Syracuse against Athens. In Athens, a hundred people of the aristocracy, under the blow of untrue charges, risk the capital punishment. The council of the Five hundred was going to subject them to torture, when Andocide denounces itself with guarantee of impunity. 22 people are carried out.

forwarding is justified by the threat of Sélinonte and Syracuse on Ségeste: the Athenians are initially divided between partisans of peace (Nicias) and of the war (Alcibiade). The latter carry it, and 134 trières and 27 000 men, directed by Alcibiade, Lamachos and Nicias, leave Athens in July. Alcibiade imposes its plan of conquest of Sicily. It tries to make sure of the supports near the sicilian cities and the Sicèles. But the cities are wary, in front of the width of the Athénienne fleet. Only Naxos is favorable, but the Athenians seize by surprised Catane, which will be used to them as a basis. Dice -415, the Athenians unload in the port of Syracuse, but do not benefit from their victory and withdraw themselves in Catane to wait next spring, which makes it possible Hermocrate to organize resistance.

With Rome, Consul At of consular powerful orators: P. Cornelius Cossus, C. Valerius Potitus, Q. Quinctius Cincinnatus, NR. Fabius Vibulanus.
the Puniques take again the war against the Greek by attacking the Sicily. The conflict lasts more than one century.
the Etrusques of Tarquinia provide a small fleet to Athens during its disastrous forwarding against Syracuse.

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