The Athenian patrician Thucydides began writing the history of his city’s conflict with Sparta even as the war was beginning.
On the eve of the Peloponnesian War in 432 BC, the wise king of Sparta, Archidamus, was summoned to address a clash between the Corinthians and Athenians. Corinth, an ally of Sparta, warned that ...
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How Thucydides’ trap shaped ancient Athens and Sparta
The Peloponnesian War shows how fear, ambition, and mistrust can escalate into full-scale conflict. Thucydides’ trap helps us ...
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