athens defeat by Spartans
- loss of fleet at I
- generals dismissed / executed
storm - generals blamed
- Sicilian expedition
went to defeat a Saprtan ally but were trounced!
major revolts
govt overthrown
Spartan strengths
land fortifications
Persian alliance
ships
money
military know-how #
chaos - lack of coherent leadership
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allies rebelling against Athens (Kios, Mit, )
A decided to quell these revolts
joined with Persia
if they hadn't been executed could Athens have won?
yes - they were winning at this poibt
yes - but would hve taken a lot longer, and been a lot more costly for the spartans- which wol dhave left Sin a weaker positiopn