"These are the researches of Herodotus of Halicarnassus, which he publishes, in the hope of thereby preserving from decay the remembrance of what men have done, and of preventing the great and wonderful actions of the Greeks and the Barbarians from losing their due meed of glory; and withal to put on record what were their grounds of feuds."Herodotus had experienced a different Greece in the Fifth Century BC where independent poleis had worked together in order to extinguish the Persian threat. However, that all changed by the Classical period after 497 BC where much in-fighting had radically changed Ancient Greece into a civilization that was different from before. Experience the major events of Ancient Greece through...
--1.1 The Histories, Herodotus
This website aims at educating and informing people of all ages about the Peloponnesian War, its causes, and why this war was one of the most important wars in all of Greek history.
created by Michael Manzano,
mmanzano@ualberta.ca
University of Alberta
last modified: April 6, 2003
URL: http://www.ualberta.ca/~mmanzano/index.html