History of the Peloponnesian War

History of the Peloponnesian War

by Thucydides

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Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the long life-and-death struggle between Athens and Sparta stands an excellent chance of fulfilling its author's ambitious claim. Thucydides himself (c.460-400 BC) was an Athenian and achieved the rank of general in the earlier stages of the war. He applied thereafter a passion for accuracy and a contempt for myth and romance in compiling this factual record of a disastrous conflict.

ISBN: 9781412176170

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"It is loaded with hardcore, timeless truths and the story it tells ought to be required reading for every citizen in a democracy."

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