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In the winter of 424–423, around the same time as the Battle of Delium, Brasidas besieged Amphipolis, an Athenian colony in Thrace on the Strymon river. [7] The city was defended by the Athenian general Eucles, who sent for help from Thucydides (at that point a general, later a famous historian), who was at Thasos with seven Athenian ships.
Map showing the locations of battles fought by the Delian League, 477–450 BC. According to Thucydides, the League's opening campaign was against the city of Eion, at the mouth of the Strymon river. [50] Since Thucydides does not provide a detailed chronology for his history of the league, the year in which this campaign took place is uncertain.
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Thus, when Thucydides arrived, Amphipolis was already under Spartan control. [16] Amphipolis was of considerable strategic importance, and news of its fall caused great consternation in Athens. [17] It was blamed on Thucydides, although he claimed that it was not his fault and that he had simply been unable to reach it in time.
According to the Greek historian Thucydides, Brasidas's grave was placed in front of the new, relocated agora of Amphipolis. An archaeological dig at Amphipolis unearthed the foundations of a small building, and a cist grave containing the remains of a silver ossuary accompanied by a gold wreath, believed to hold the remains of Brasidas.
An initial battle resulted in an Athenian victory, and the city of Thasos was besieged. [4] This siege would continue for over two years, during which the population of Thasos would endure severe hardships; an anecdote regarding a siege at Thasos during which anyone who proposed surrender to the Athenians was subject to the death penalty, and another regarding Thasian women cutting their hair ...
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A force led by Thucydides was dispatched but arrived too late to stop Brasidas capturing Amphipolis; Thucydides was exiled for this, and, as a result, had conversations with both sides of the war which inspired him to record its history. Both Brasidas and Cleon were killed in Athenian efforts to retake Amphipolis (see Battle of Amphipolis). The ...