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The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Lacedaemon [Sparta], made war inevitable.
Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War · 431 BC

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Athenian historian and general · c. 460 BC-c. 400 BC
Thucydides

Athenian historian whose account of the Peloponnesian War shaped later approaches to political history.

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Thucydides · 431 BC
History of the Peloponnesian War

An account of the war between Athens and Sparta, examining its causes, campaigns, political struggles and effects on Greek society.

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Power transition 1 Strategic rivalry 1 Fear 10 Thucydides Trap 1 Athens 1 Sparta 1 Ancient Greece 1 Political power 5 Military conflict 1 History of the Peloponnesian War 1 Athenian general 1 Amphipolis 1 Classical Athens 1