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" The Peloponnesian War, 431-404 BC / "
Philip De Souza.
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BL
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1027449
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b781819
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| Main Entry
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De Souza, Philip.
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| Title & Author
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The Peloponnesian War, 431-404 BC /\ Philip De Souza.
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New York :: Routledge,, 2003.
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| Series Statement
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Essential histories
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1 online resource (95 pages) :: illustrations (chiefly color), color maps
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| ISBN
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0203010558
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: 0415968534
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: 6610095736
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: 9780203010556
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: 9780415968539
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: 9786610095735
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| Notes
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Originally published: Essential histories 27 : The Peloponnesian War, 431-404 BC. Oxford, Osprey Pub., 2002.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Background to war: the rise of Athens -- Warring sides: Athens and Sparta -- Outbreak: fear and suspicion lead to war -- The fighting: the first twenty years -- Portrait of a soldier: a ship's captain at war -- The world around war: politics and culture -- Portrait of a civilian: Hipparete, an Athenian citizen woman -- How the war ended: the fall of Athens -- Conclusion and consequences: the triumph of Sparta?
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Offers insights into the impact of warfare on the founders of Western civilisation, uncovering the overcrowding, plague and civil strife that existed alongside the literature, art and philosophy for which the Classical Greeks are celebrated.
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HISTORY-- Ancient.
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Greece, History, Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.
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Greece.
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| Dewey Classification
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938/.05
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DF229.D4 2003eb
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