Diplomacy at Amphipolis (CYOAH!)

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.

With Sparta largely absent from the southern theatre, the Athenians won a series of victories in Boeotia. Demosthenes would be repulsed from Aetolia even without Spartan involvement, although would go on to resoundingly defeat the Spartans at the Battle of Olpae, in which the Spartans and their allies would suffer approximately 1,000 casualties.

Furthermore the Athenians have been allowed to further concentrate their forces at Pylos, constructing a fort to act as a stronghold. The Spartan command is reluctant to attack the position here, insisting that they should instead focus on attack Attica now that Athens' position there is weakened, which would relieve the pressure off Thebes.


 * Launch a proper invasion of Attica and ravage the region around Athens.
 * Launch an assault on Pylos to drive out the Athenians.