DECELEA

'Decelea' (Greek: Δεκέλεια), modern 'Dekeleia' or 'Dekelia', 'Deceleia' or 'Decelia', previous name 'Tatoi' was a previous source of supplies and trade route from Euboea for Athens. The Spartans had taken control of Decelea in the early 410's. With advice from Alcibiades in 415 BCE, the former Athenian General who was wanted on Athenian charges of religious crimes, the Spartans fortified Decelea as a major Spartan army base in the later part of the Peloponnesian War, giving them control of rural Attica and isolating Athens from getting food supplies delivered by land. Rural Attica was a primary land route for delivery of food sources such as livestock from Euboea to Athens. This decimated Athens, which was concurrently being beaten in the Sicilian Expedition they had undertaken.

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★ Decelea by Jona Lendering