The Plague of War: Athens, Sparta, and the Struggle for Ancient Greece

by Jennifer T. Roberts

Book Overview

In 431 BC, the long simmering rivalry between the city-states of Athens and Sparta erupted into open warfare, and for more than a generation the two were locked in a life-and-death struggle. The war embroiled the entire Greek world, provoking years of butchery previously unparalleled in ancient Greece. Whole cities were exterminated, their men killed, their women and children enslaved. While the war is commonly believed to have ended with the capture...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190940883
• ISBN13: 9780190940881
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 8.9"