Editing Alcibiades (section)

===Further military successes===
[[File:Gallipoli peninsula from space.png|thumb|upright=1.35|Satellite image of the Thracian Chersonese (now known as the [[Gallipoli Peninsula]]) and surrounding area. Alcibiades traveled to the Chersonese in 408 BC and attacked the city of Selymbria on the north shore of the [[Propontis]].]]

After their victory, Alcibiades and Thrasybulus began the siege of [[Chalcedon]] in 409 BC with about 190 ships.<ref>Kagan, ''The Peloponnesian War'', 429</ref> Although unable to attain a decisive victory or induce the city to surrender, Alcibiades was able to win a small tactical land battle outside of the city gates and Theramenes concluded an agreement with the Chalcedonians.<ref name="Diodorus66"/> Afterwards they concluded a temporary alliance with Pharnabazus which secured some much needed immediate cash for the army, but despite this Alcibiades was still forced to depart in search for more booty to pay the soldiers and oarsmen of the fleet.

In pursuit of these funds he traveled to the [[Thracian Chersonese]] and attacked [[Selymbria]]. He plotted with a pro-Athenian party within the city and offered the Selymbrians reasonable terms, imposing strict discipline on his men to see that they were observed. He did the Selymbrians's city no injury whatsoever, but merely took a sum of money from it, set a garrison there and left.<ref name="Plut30">{{cite Plutarch|Alcibiades|30}}</ref> Epigraphical evidence indicates the Selymbrians surrendered hostages until the treaty was ratified in Athens.<ref name="Kern151" /> His performance is judged as skillful by historians, since it saved time, resources, and lives and still fully achieved his goal.<ref name="Kern151" /><ref>Kagan, ''The Peloponnesian War'', 410</ref>

From here Alcibiades joined in the siege of [[Byzantium]] along with Theramenes and Thrasyllus. A portion of the citizens of the city, demoralized and hungry, decided to surrender the city to Alcibiades for similar terms as the Selymbrians had received. On the designated night the defenders left their posts, and the Athenians attacked the Peloponnesian garrison in the city and their boats in the harbor. The portion of the citizenry that remained loyal to the Peloponnesians fought so savagely that Alcibiades issued a statement in the midst of the fighting which guaranteed their safety and this persuaded the remaining citizens to turn against the Peloponnesian garrison, which was nearly totally destroyed.<ref name="Diodorus66">Diodorus, ''Library'', xiii, 67.[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Diod.+13.66&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0084 1]</ref>