Athenian Expedition to Sicily
Athenian Expedition to Sicily! Affairs of Segesta and Selinus: In 416 B.C. the Athenian attention was turned to Sicily where the Dorian city of Selinus and Athenian ally Segesta had fallen out. It became an unequal fight when Syracuse joined the side of Selinus, on promise of payment of the expenses of the expedition. Hard pressed both by land and [...]