Athens' Long Walls prompted distrust and eventual war 2,500 years ago. Nato is the most obvious 'Pericles Wall' of our times Much has been said about Thucydides' trap, but few talk about Pericles' ...

The map below shows the location of Athens and Sparta. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...

Unlike Athens to the north, Sparta was famed for its austerity—its “spartan” character—was, and is, proverbial. A state run by an inflexible military regime, whose people existed almost ...

The assembly responded by declaring war on Sparta. Pericles insisted that Athens would win the war by superior planning. To be successful the Athenians must abandon the surrounding land and ...

The Peloponnesian War is the name given to the long series of conflicts between Athens and Sparta that lasted from 431 until 404 BC. The reasons for this war are sometimes traced back as far as ...

It emphasizes the pride of Greek city-states, particularly Athens, where democracy flourished ... of Athenian democracy following its defeat by Sparta, suggesting that while the Golden Age ended ...

First-hand account by Thucydides of the wars between Athens and Sparta in the 5th century BC, which reshaped the face of ancient Greece. Read by David Horovitch. Abridged by Tom Holland.

The map below shows the location of Sparta and Athens. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...