Thucydides
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Thucydides
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In dit boek doet de Atheense historicus Thucycides verslag van de Peloponnesische Oorlog (431-404 v.C.). Thucycides beschouwde deze als de grootste oorlog tot dan toe en is onpartijdig in zijn verslag, hoewel zijn persoonlijke en soms scherpe visie er wel in doorklinkt.
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Thucydides
The Peloponnesian War
'The greatest historian that ever lived'
Such was Macaulay's verdict on Thucydides (c. 460-400 BC) and his history of the Peloponnesian War, the momentous struggle between Athens and Sparta as rival powers and political systems that lasted for twenty-seven years from 431 to 404 BC, involved virtually the whole of the Greek world, and ended in the fall of Athens. Meer
Such was Macaulay's verdict on Thucydides (c. 460-400 BC) and his history of the Peloponnesian War, the momentous struggle between Athens and Sparta as rival powers and political systems that lasted for twenty-seven years from 431 to 404 BC, involved virtually the whole of the Greek world, and ended in the fall of Athens. Meer
Thucydides
History of the Peloponnesian War
Presents a contemporary account of the long life-and-death struggle between Athens and Sparta. This title compiles a factual record of this disastrous conflict.
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