Alcibiades defects to Sparta
415 BCE · Event
Recalled from the Sicilian armada to stand trial for sacrilege, the most brilliant and least trustworthy man in Athens defects to the enemy instead — and tells Sparta exactly how to beat his own city: fortify Decelea, send a general to Syracuse. No single Athenian does Athens more damage; within years he will change sides again.
On these timelines: The Peloponnesian War, Ancient Greece, Master
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