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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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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Peace of Nicias alsoKnownAs Nician Peace