Thucydides was a famous Greek Historian. He was writing in the 5th century and focuses on the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta.
Herodotus was widely traveled and wrote about everything. Thucydides wrote only about the Peloponnesian War.
Herodotus is considered the father of history. The second ancient Greek historian was Thucydides.
He provided a reliable history of the first half of the Peloponnesian War, with a preamble giving the background to the conflict in the Greek world.
Greek city states lose power at the peloponnesian war due to economic, infrastructural and agricultural ruin.
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Thucydides
Thucydides
There were two - Thucydides from 331-311 BCE, and Xenophon 311-404 BCE.
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Herodotos.
Herodotus
Thucydides was a famous Greek Historian. He was writing in the 5th century and focuses on the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta.
Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War.
The principal and most reliable one was Herodotos of Halicarnassos.
Peloponnesian War.
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