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The Peloponnesian war.
The war fought between Athens and Sparta was ..1.. than 400 years before the birth of Christ.
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It resulted ..2.. the defeat of Athens by the more military power of Sparta.
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However, Sparta's victory was ..3.. temporary.
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Athens went on to produce philosophers ..4.. Aristotle, and great orators, one example ..5.. Demosthenes.
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..6.. , one of the most significant effects of the war was that ..7.. the first real history ever written was written about it.
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The writer, an Athenian general ..8.. Thucydides, had a passion for accuracy, and did not use the myth and romance which historians had used until ..9...
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Not only was the history of Thucydides factually accurate, it was ..10.. written in splendid Greek.
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The war fought between Athens and Sparta was more than 400 years before the birth of Christ. It resulted in the defeat of Athens by the more military power of Sparta. However, Sparta's victory was only temporary. Athens went on to produce philosophers such as Aristotle, and great orators, one example being Demosthenes.
However, one of the most significant effects of the war was that almost the first real history ever written was written about it. The writer, an Athenian general called Thucydides, had a passion for accuracy, and did not use the myth and romance which historians had used until then Not only was the history of Thucydides factually accurate, it was also written in splendid Greek.
