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In Jiang's reading, Nicias tried to deter the Athenians by demanding a massive expedition, but the warning backfired and made the Athenians embrace a shock-and-awe expedition.
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Nicias
In Jiang's reading, Nicias tried to deter the Athenians by demanding a massive expedition, but the warning backfired and made the Athenians embrace a shock-and-awe expedition.
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"...of empire. Okay? So, they want to fight this war. So, Nicias has this great idea of how to convince people not to go..."
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"...lot. And we need about 100 ships. And the idea is, Nicias is trying to scare people into not, agreeing to not fight. Okay?..."
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"...to win the war against Sparta, let's go invade Sicily. And Nicias, his opponent, is like, why the hell would we want to invade..."
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