Chapter Uniting past and present: Sicily as a locus of identity between Greece and Rome

Basing on the accounts of Thucydides and Plutarch, the paper analyses the way Sicily and the proposed Athenian expedition to Sicily, as a strategic bridge to advance over Carthage, define Nicias and Alcibiades, and what they represent: old Athens, comprised of experienced rulers and devoted, thought...

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Language:English
Published: Florence Firenze University Press 2022
Series:Studi e saggi
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