Download or read book The History of the Peloponnesian War (100 Copy Collector's Edition) written by Thucydides and published by Royal Classics. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of the Peloponnesian War is an account of the 431-404 BC war between Sparta and Athens. It was written by Thucydides, an Athenian historian who also happened to serve 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.