![]() Amphipolis would be returned to Athens and Pylos would be returned to Sparta. Athens would retain control of Nisaea and Thebes would retain control over Plataea. The most amicable proposal was to return everything to the prewar state except for Nisaea and Plataea. The negotiations were started by Pleistoanax, King of Sparta, and Nicias, an Athenian general. By then, both sides were exhausted and ready for peace. ![]() ![]() Both Brasidas, the leading Spartan general, and Cleon, the leading politician in Athens, were killed at Amphipolis. In the same year, the Athenians suffered a major defeat in Boeotia at the Battle of Delium, and in 422 BC, they were defeated again at the Battle of Amphipolis in their attempt to take back that city. At least 120 were Spartiates, who had recovered by 424 BC, when the Spartan general Brasidas captured Amphipolis. ![]() In 425 BC, the Spartans had lost the battles of Pylos and Sphacteria, a severe defeat resulting in the Athenians holding 292 prisoners. ![]() The Peace of Nicias was a peace treaty signed between the Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta in March 421 BC that ended the first half of the Peloponnesian War. The treaty is named for Athenian Statesmen and General Nicias. ![]()
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