THUCYDIDES: The History of the Peloponnesian War [Book II, V]

Book II

Chapter 6: Beginning of the Peloponnesian War—First Invasion of Attica—Funeral Oration of Pericles

• Theban forces try to take the city of Plataea, but are routed from the town.

THUCYDIDES: The History of the Peloponnesian War [Book I]

BOOK I

Chapter 1: The State of Greece from the Earliest Times to the Commencement of the Peloponnesian War

• Thucydides claims that the Peloponnesian war was the largest war in history to that point in time, and also more worthy of relating to posterity than any other war.