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The Peloponnesian War - Causes and Thucydides' Perspective - Part 2

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This lecture examines the causes of the Peloponnesian War, arguing that the conflict was avoidable rather than inevitable. It also interprets Thucydides as a revisionist historian with an argument about the war and Athenian democracy.

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- Chapter 1. Lead Up to the War: Corcyra and Potidaea
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- Chapter 2. Lead Up to the War: The Megarian Decree
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- Chapter 3. The Spartan Assembly Votes and the Course of War Is Set
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- Chapter 4. The Start of the War
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- Chapter 5. Thucydides as Revisionist Historian
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    amazing deep dive into the peloponnesian war and the thoughts of the main players , intriguing and articulately presented .

    I would recommend this to anyone interested in this period of history
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