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Thucydides
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Thucydides was an Athenian historian and general. His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of "scientific history" by those who accept his claims to have applied strict standards of impartiality and evidence-gathering and analysis of cause and effect, without reference to intervention by the gods, as outlined in his introduction to his work.
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Thucydides was a prominent Athenian historian and military commander who lived during the 5th century BC.
His masterpiece, the History of the Peloponnesian War, is a fundamental pillar of classical historiography.
Born in the municipality of Alimos, his legacy has endured through more than five hundred editions of his works.
Unlike other chroniclers of his time, he focused on a rigorous and objective analysis of military conflicts.
His account of the war between Athens and Sparta remains an essential reference for understanding politics and military strategy.