peloponnesian war

In Achaemenid Egypt a rebellion began under the command of Inaros, a Libyan king living on the border of Egypt. This rebellion quickly swept the country, which was soon largely in the hands of Inaros. He requested assistance from Athens which was granted. The alliance defeated the Persianw at...

I need help with this scenario, a challenge of sorts: Is there any possible way that Sparta could have over-achieved in victory with the Corinthian War? Is there any way Sparta could had better treated its allies in the Peloponnesian War such as Thebes and Corinth, leading to these previous...

Partly inspired by the discussion here: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/sicilian-expedition-flight.541657/ The POD is that Antiochus, the kybernetes of Alcibiades' ship whom Alcibiades had appointed commander of the fleet in his stead while he was in Asia Minor, decided not to...

Since we've been getting a few Ancient Egypt threads lately, I've decided to make my own contribution to this topic. Inaros II was an Egyptian nobleman who led a huge rebellion against the Achaemenid occupation of the Two Lands. For a time, it seemed that his victory was certain, especially...

The Gods' Bloody Tune: A Classical Greek TL ''In those days some hoped that the days of strife might soon come to an end in Hellas. The gods, however, had other plans and mens will long continue to dance to their bloody tune...'' Xenophon, Hellenica Prologue: A Joyful Day Demetrios...

Lately I have been toying with the idea of having Athens successfully defend her maritime empire following the disastrous end of the Sicilian Expedition disastrous end in 413 BC and have her emerge from the war brused but still standing as a medditeranean great power and able to fight another...

What if the Plague of Athens that struck the city-state during the second year of the Peloponnesian War had been less devastating, or hadn't happened at all? How might that affect the course of the war and other events?

What if Alcibiades had never defected from Athens? Could Athens have won the Peloponnesian War?

What if the Sicilian Expedition never happened? How would it have changed the Peloponnesian War?

Could Sparta and Athens have reached an agreement, thus avoiding war? How would this agreement look like and what would be the consequences of no peloponnesian war?

What if Athens and the Delian League had defeated Sparta in the Peloponnesian War, maybe through a successful Sicilian Expedition under Alcibiades? I hear that Athens, despite being domestically democratic, was not fond of rebellious provinces. The Delian League was quite centralized into...

With no PoDs prior to the Peace of Nicias (421 BCE), how can Athens and the Delian League do as well as possible? And as a secondary challenge, how can Athenian style democracy be as widespread as possible among the polities of the Mediterranean world (in the latter fifth and fourth centuries...

Ηγεμών Αθἠνα and the warring states of ΑΣΙΑ./ A 460 BC Athens hegemony ATL. Hello to my second ATL try. This is going to be a rather small ATL with a POD in 461 BC when Ephialtes the radical democratic leader of Athens was assassinated. Ps: The research of this ATL was based mostly in the...

Hello all! I am planning to make a rather small ancient Greek focus ATL(in a similar style with my Massaliot league ATL) So looking forward to hear your suggestions! Athenian empire( Pericles do his magic) 437 BC Thebes(sacred band) 380 BC Spartan hegemony 400 BC Syracuse Democracy 465 BC...

During the Peloponnesian War, the Athenians sent a disastrous expedition to Sicily in an attempt to capture Syracuse. Shortly before their final defeat, one of the generals had advocated a withdrawal, but this was delayed by a lunar eclipse, which was interpreted as an unfavorable omen. Suppose...