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 (422 BCE) ⓘ
Battle of Delium ⓘ
chronologicallyPrecedes Battle of Mantinea (418 BCE) ⓘ
conflictTemporarilyEnded Peloponnesian War ⓘ
countryInvolved Ancient Athens ⓘ
linked to: Classical Athens

Ancient Sparta ⓘ
linked to: 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 Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War ⓘ
recordedIn inscriptions ⓘ
region Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
result temporary cessation of open warfare between Athens and Sparta ⓘ
unstable balance of power in Greece ⓘ
signatory Athenian Empire ⓘ
Lacedaemonian League ⓘ
statedDuration 50 years ⓘ
typeOfAgreement bilateral treaty ⓘ
violatedBy Athenian actions ⓘ
Spartan allies ⓘ

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Peace of Nicias → alsoKnownAs → Nician Peace ⓘ