The History of the Peloponnesian War

<p><span style=color: rgba(32 33 34 1)>The </span><strong style=color: rgba(32 33 34 1)><em>History of the Peloponnesian War </em></strong><span style=color: rgba(32 33 34 1)>is a historical account of the </span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Peloponnesian War</span><span style=color: rgba(32 33 34 1)> (431-404 BC) which was fought between the </span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Peloponnesian League</span><span style=color: rgba(32 33 34 1)> (led by </span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Sparta</span><span style=color: rgba(32 33 34 1)>) and the </span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Delian League</span><span style=color: rgba(32 33 34 1)> (led by </span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Athens</span><span style=color: rgba(32 33 34 1)>). It was written by </span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Thucydides</span><span style=color: rgba(32 33 34 1)> an </span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Athenian </span><span style=color: rgba(32 33 34 1)>historian who also served as an Athenian general during the war. His account of the conflict is widely considered to be a classic and regarded as one of the earliest scholarly works of history. The </span><em style=color: rgba(32 33 34 1)>History</em><span style=color: rgba(32 33 34 1)> is divided into eight books.</span></p>