The Sicilian Expedition

Lions Led By Donkeys takes on Athens' catastrophic Sicilian Expedition of 415–413 BC — the hubris-driven decision to attack Syracuse, the political manipulation that got Athens into it, and the operational disaster that followed. The show's signature irreverence works well here because the Sicilian Expedition is genuinely one of history's great military blunders, and the command failures (Nicias above all) are tailor-made for the format. At 80 minutes, it has room to cover both the strategic folly and the campaign's grim conclusion.