Nicias
Americannoun
noun
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Nicias, the peacemaker of 421 B.C., first opposes raiding Sicily because it would leave Athens undefended.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
In 421 BCE, after ten years of war, the Spartans and Athenians agreed to the Peace of Nicias, which kept the Athenian empire intact.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Command then passed to the less talented Nicias, the invasion was a disaster and the Athenians later lost the war.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2013
Quinn Kelsey's warm-sounding Athanël was curiously uninvolved for far too much of it, though Eric Cutler was immensely appealing as Thaïs's roguish client Nicias.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 19, 2011
Nicias was estimated to have a fortune of 100 talents—about 83,700 Troy ounces of silver, and was one of the wealthiest of the Athenians.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
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