War Classics – Thucydides: History of the Peloponnesian War
Graham Goodlad recalls one of the great works of military history.
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The Cambridge Companion to Thucydides
Review by Diana Bentley Nearly two and a half millennia after it was written, Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War not only remains vibrantly alive and regularly referred to in discussions of modern conflict and politics, but is a rich…
The Peloponnesian War
In the first part of our special, Paul Rahe examines the background to the struggle between Athens and Sparta for control of the ancient Greek world.
The Peloponnesian War: the Battle of Mantineia
In the second part of our special feature, Paul Rahe reveals how Sparta won the largest land battle fought within Greece during the Peloponnesian War.