History of the Peloponesian War.

Thucydides, The Historic of the Peloponnesian War – translated by Rex Warner Penguin Books.
The Greek world of Thucydides was a world torn apart by the Peloponnesian War. The War, which initially put Sparta and her allies against Athens and her allies, ended with an uneasy truce in. However, it was resumed and tended to be much harsher in its final stages as the once-glorious city-state of Athens was finally defeated. While Thucydides was recording the events of the war, he also was concerned with the implications and the consequences of the war.
Of the many conflicts mentioned in Thucydides' history, one of the major events in the Peloponnesian War was the revolt of Mytilene. According to Thucydides, the Mytilenians were forced into the war by the Athenians. Athens had sent a fleet of forty ships in order to force the Mytilenians to surrender their ships and to destroy their fortifications. Mytilene was by this time an ally of Sparta; but she was forced to come to terms with the ...