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The second stage of the Peloponnesian War began in 415 BC when Athens embarked on the Sicilian Expedition to support an ally ( Segesta ) attacked by Syracuse and to conquer Sicily.
Initially, Sparta was reluctant, but Alcibiades, the Athenian general who had argued for the Sicilian Expedition, defected to the Spartan cause upon being accused of grossly impious acts and convinced them that they could not allow Athens to subjugate Syracuse.
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