Origins of the Peloponnesian War

Name: Origins of the Peloponnesian War
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ISBN: 9780715617281

ISBN-10: 0715617281

ISBN-13: 9780715617281

Edition: N/A

Authors: G. E. De Ste Croix

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In this provocative and wide-ranging examination of the causes of the Peloponnesian war, first published in 1972, Geoffrey de Ste Croix argued against most previous historiography (which tended to blame Athens), that the Spartans and their allies must bear the immediate and ultimate responsibility for the war. The book includes a strong argument for the fundamental credibility of Thucydides' narrative, background on Corcyraean and Potidaean affairs, a lengthy re-examination of the Athenian decree excluding Megarians from the civic centre of Athens and the ports of the empire, and three chapters on Spartan and Corinthian foreign policy and relations with Athens from earliest times till the…

Book details

Publisher: Duckworth & Company, Limited, Gerald
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 468
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English