Things started to go badly for the Athenians. They won a sea battle, but at the same time lost an important land battle. They lost the town that supplies were coming from, and lost another sea battle! Many people were captured by the enemy. Two new generals came, and decided to fight. They lost that battle, and then when the men and ships came, that commander decided to fight, and they overruled Nicias, they lost that battle too, because they went too far, and the victorious part caught the fear of the fleeing part, and there was a general rout. 2000 were slain, and of the rest few had their weapons with them.
Nicias thought that the Syracusans would soon give up. He thought this because many told him that if they had just a little less food, they would give up, and that many were tired of the war. The other commanders thought that Nicias would spoil everything by over caution again, so they didn't listen.
More Later,
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