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Thucydides
Thucydides (c. 460-400 BCE)
"It is senseless to go against people who, even if conquered, could not be controlled, while failure would leave us much...
The Bizarre Way Alcibiades Became A Married Man
Alcibiades (c. 450-404 BCE) was a peculiar figure. In life and in history, he attracted ample attention to himself through his genius as a...
General Demosthenes’ Night Of Madness At Syracuse
In 413 BCE, Demosthenes sailed to Sicily and arrived at the outskirts of Syracuse with around seventy-three ships and thousands of troops to reinforce...
The Embarrassing Way An Athenian Fleet Broke Into The Sicilian City of Catana
In 415 BCE, Athens and its allies launched an expedition to Sicily reportedly consisting of over 130 warships, plus more than 100 smaller supply...
The Massacre Of Scione During The Peloponnesian War Truce
Between 423 and 422 BCE, the warring coalitions of Athens and Sparta began negotiating a truce after nine years of warfare. Around this time,...
The Great Athenian Baiting Of Syracuse
In 415 BCE, a fleet of over 130 Athenian and allied trireme ships, accompanied by more than a hundred supply boats, reached the eastern...
