The Peloponnesian War: Athens and Sparta in Savage Conflict, 431-404 BC

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HarperCollins, 2003 - 511 pages
The Stalingrad of the ancient world, this is a vivid history of the greatest and bloodiest war of ancient Greece. The author concentrates on the human cost of this cataclysmic clash of two great empires, its unprecedented cruelty and the utter destruction of Athenian civilisation.

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