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Thucydides on the Battle of Mantinea (418 BCE)
Battle of Mantinea (418 BCE): important battle, in which Sparta restored its reputation as superpower, by defeating a coalition of Argos, Mantinea, and Elis, supported by Athens. …Thucydides on the fall of Amphipolis
Fall of Amphipolis (424/423): one of the most important operations during the Archidamian War (431-421 BCE). It put an end to a series of Athenian successes and made the Athenians more willing to contemplate an armistice. The Spartan and Athenian…Thucydides on the first victory of Phormio
The battlefield: the entrance to the Corinthian Gulf (top right) The Archidamian War (431-421) has been called a fight between an…Thucydides on the outbreak of the Archidamian war
The Peloponnesian War started with a covert operation. It was important for Thebes to capture Plataea, because it controlled the roads to the Theban allies on the Peloponnese (Corinth and Sparta), and it is not surprising that the Thebans wanted…Thucydides on the Peace of Nicias
Peace of Nicias: treaty that marked the end of the Archidamian War (431-421). Thucydides In March 421, the Peace of Nicias was…Thucydides on the Plague
The skull of an eleven year old girl, victim of the plague, found in the Kerameikos cemetery; archaeologists have called…Thucydides on the siege of Plataea
The territories of the Spartan alliance reached as far north as Megara, which served as a base to move to Athens. More to the north, beyond the Cithaeron mountains, was Plataea, situated halfway between Megara and Thebes, another ally of…
Tiryns, Cyclopean Wall |
Troezen, "Decree of Themistocles" |
Two lovers |
Tyrant
Tyrant: sole ruler in a Greek city-state, usually an usurper, who held power in defiance of a city's constitution. Originally, the word did not have any negative connotations. …
Portait of an unknown Athenian general |