Nicias
? – 413 BCE
Greek

Political and military leader. Ambitious but vain and incompetent, he led the Athenians in their disastrous campaign against Syracuse.

Contemporaries
435–354 BCEXenophon
460–400 BCEThucydides
469–399 BCESocrates
556–468 BCESimonides of Ceos
490–421 BCEProtagoras
428–347 BCEPlato
495–429 BCEPericles
515–445 BCEParmenides
fl. c. 450–? BCELeucippus
436–338 BCEIsocrates
fl. 450 BCEHippias of Elis
460–377 BCEHippocrates
485–425 BCEHerodotos
?–460 BCEHeraclitus
460–370 BCEDemocritus
fl. 450 BCEAspasia
448–388 BCEAristophanes
445–365 BCEAntisthenes
500–428 BCEAnaxagoras
525–456 BCEAeschylus