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The Spartans fought off raid after raid,
but they knew that the black-bellied ships would keep coming —
unless they could force the Athenians to direct their attention elsewhere.
An opportunity soon presented itself,
courtesy of a suggestion from the wily Macedonian king, Perdiccas.
He brought word that many of Athens’ allies in the far north were wavering in their commitment —
ripe fruit, perhaps, to be plucked from the enemy alliance.
Quite the trek for most Spartans,
who spend as little time away from their homeland as possible.
But Brasidas was not like most Spartans.
He gathered an army,
its strength bolstered by thousands of helots,
to whom he promised freedom in exchange for brave service.
Northwards they marched, the red-cloaked Spartans at their head,
ready to plunge their spears into the Athenian Empire’s naked flank.