The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War

by Thucydides

The purported “Peace of Callias” between Persia and Greece (449),a the important Athenian colony at Brea (445), and the reassessment of the Athenian tributeb (425) all help explain the rise and nature of Athenian power but are ignored by Thucydides.