History of the Peloponnesian War, Volume I: Books 1-2 by Thucydides

History of the Peloponnesian War, Volume I: Books 1-2

Thucydides with C. F. Smith (Translator)

496 pages first pub -411 (editions)

nonfiction classics history challenging informative slow-paced

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Thucydides of Athens, one of the greatest of historians, was born about 471 BCE. He saw the rise of Athens to greatness under the inspired leadership of Pericles. In 430, the second year of the Peloponnesian War, he caught and survived the horribl...

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