History of the Peloponnesian War (Thucydides, ~400 BCE)
431 BCE · Resource
Thucydides' analytical history of the war between Athens and Sparta — a foundational text of political realism.
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Around 431 BCE
- Persian invasions of Greece (499 BCE)
- Ramayana (500 BCE)
- Mahabharata (400 BCE)
- Aristotle (384 BCE)
- Peloponnesian War (431 BCE)
- Plato (428 BCE)
- Roman Republic founded (509 BCE)
- Plato's Republic written (375 BCE)
- Alexander the Great (356 BCE)
- Parthenon (447 BCE)