Author : Kagan Donald
Title : The fall of the Athenian Empire
Year : 1987
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Preface. This is the last volume of a history of the Peloponnesian War. It treats the period from the destruction of Athens' Sicilian expedition in September of 413 to the Athenian surrender in the spring of 404. Thucydides' history of the war is incomplete, and the eighth book, which breaks off abruptly in the year 411/10, is thought to be unfinished, and unpolished as well. In spite of the incompleteness of his account, his description and interpretation of the war inspire and shape this volume, as they have my earlier ones. The first volume attempted to evaluate his view of the causes and origins of the war as he expresses it in 1.23 and 1.88. The second one examined his assessment of Pericles' strategy in 2.65. The third one addressed his judgment of the Sicilian expedition set forth in the same passage and his estimate of the career of Nicias presented in 7.86. ...
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