Nician Peace
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Nician Peace was a truce concluded in 421 BCE during the Peloponnesian War that temporarily halted hostilities between Athens and Sparta.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nician Peace canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
ⓘ
peace treaty ⓘ treaty of the Peloponnesian War ⓘ truce ⓘ |
| actualDuration | approximately 6 years ⓘ |
| aimedTo | end hostilities between Athens and Sparta ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Peace of Nicias ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Athens
ⓘ
Sparta ⓘ |
| chronologicallyFollows |
Battle of Amphipolis
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Amphipolis (422 BCE)
Battle of Delium ⓘ |
| chronologicallyPrecedes |
Battle of Mantinea (418 BC)
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Mantinea (418 BCE)
|
| conflictTemporarilyEnded | Peloponnesian War ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Classical Athens
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Athens
Sparta ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Sparta
|
| dateSigned | 421 BCE ⓘ |
| followed |
Battle of Amphipolis
ⓘ
death of Brasidas ⓘ death of Cleon ⓘ |
| hasTopic |
Greek interstate diplomacy
ⓘ
ancient peace treaties ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Classical Greece ⓘ |
| includedClause |
exchange of prisoners
ⓘ
mutual restoration of conquered territories ⓘ religious guarantees for common Greek sanctuaries ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mediatedBy | Nicias ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Nicias ⓘ |
| negotiatedBy | Nicias ⓘ |
| partOf | Peloponnesian War ⓘ |
| phaseOfWarEnded | Archidamian War ⓘ |
| placeSigned | Sparta ⓘ |
| preceded |
Sicilian Expedition
ⓘ
renewed hostilities between Athens and Sparta ⓘ |
| precededBy | Archidamian War ⓘ |
| primarySource |
History of the Peloponnesian War
ⓘ
surface form:
Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War
|
| recordedIn | inscriptions ⓘ |
| region |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| result |
temporary cessation of open warfare between Athens and Sparta
ⓘ
unstable balance of power in Greece ⓘ |
| signatory |
Athenian Empire
ⓘ
Peloponnesian League ⓘ
surface form:
Lacedaemonian League
|
| statedDuration | 50 years ⓘ |
| typeOfAgreement | bilateral treaty ⓘ |
| violatedBy |
Athenian actions
ⓘ
Spartan allies ⓘ |
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