Which outcome belongs to Athens's Sicilian Expedition of 415–413 BCE?
Its main forces were destroyed or captured near Syracuse.✓Correct answer
It conquered all Sicily and returned without major losses.
It seized the Persian capital and ended the war.
It forced Sparta to surrender in 413 BCE.
Explanation
The campaign around Syracuse ended in catastrophe, with the principal Athenian expeditionary forces destroyed or captured. A conquest of Sicily is the opposite of the documented result and would conceal the scale of Athens's loss.