Negotiations at Amphipolis (CYOAH!3)


 * ''Previous: Battle of Amphipolis

The citizens of Amphipolis accept the offer from the Spartans, and the city is seized. Likewise the diplomacy at Amphipolis persuades many other neighboring towns to defect to Sparta's side.

Thucydides arrives meanwhile in the nearby port of Eion, too late to turn the tide at Amphipolis. The Athenians do defend the port city, but in the ensuing Battle of Eion, the Spartans, joined by Macedon and some Thracians, defeat Thucydides.

Then Athenians now offer the Spartans a one year armistice, intended to allow time for both sides to negotiate a full peace treaty. It becomes clear, however, that the Athenians merely want time to fortify the other settlements they control in Thrace, before the Spartans and their allies can seize them.


 * Accept the armistice and agree not to attack anything further.
 * The armistice is a trick, continue the campaign by seizing any nearby Athenian settlements.