Peloponnesian War / Sicilian expedition. 415-413 BC / Destruction of the Athenian Army under Nikias and Demosthenes by Gylippos near Syracuse, 27 August 413. The Battle of Syracuse. Copperplate engraving by Matthäus Merian the Elder (1593-1650).From: Johann Ludwig Gottfried, Historische Chronica, Frankfurt a. M. (M.Merian) 1630, p. 133. Berlin, Sammlung Archiv für Kunst und Geschichte.