Battle of Amphipolis
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battle of Amphipolis · the battle before Amphipolis
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Nicias
Battle at Amphipolis in which both Cleon and Brasidas were killed, removing the chief obstacles to peace.
History of the Peloponnesian War
The decisive engagement outside Amphipolis in which Brasidas routs the Athenian army, at the cost of his own life, while Cleon is also killed.
And so now the whole army of the Athenians, flying with great difficulty, and taking many different roads over the mountains, effected their return to Eion;
because the battle was not fought with any regular order, but was rather brought on by such an accidental occurrence and previous alarm as has been described.
But whoever best observes such mistakes in his opponents, and also plans his attack upon them with regard to his own power, not so much in an open manner and in regular battle-array, as with reference to his present advantage, that man would be most successful.