The History of the Peloponnesian War

Ebook with original text from Thucydides

Thucydides would have been acutely aware of the dangerous and historically significant times he was living in. No mere military skirmish, the Peloponnesian War was the largest, and costliest,  military engagement between Greek states in the classical age.

Taking place during the latter half of the 5th century BC, the Peloponnesian war would see the Pelop…