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Alcibiades: Overcoming Obstacles

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Alcibiades exile left the expedition for Sicily without an effective leader Sparta influenced by his military leadership, adopted alcibiades suggestion to to combat the invading expedition in Syracuse
The Sicilian expedition ended in the defeat of Athens which crippled its military power0 the navy

Meanwhile at Sparta, Alacabiades advised to establish a permanent base of operations in the Attic countryside. which would damage thee Athenian fortunes twenty thousand slaves owned by the state and who worked in Athens' silver mines sought refuge in Sparta. The loss of these slave miners put a stop to the flow of revenue from siler. This crisis called for change in Athenian government:a board of ten officials was appointed to manage the affairs
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