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  • Peloponesian Wars

    I'm going to strt with Peloponesian Wars scenario.
    I would appreciate possible links about that period.
    THX.
    Sierotek Maryœ

  • #2
    Here's a thread:
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    • #3
      I suggest that you would read Thukydides' book
      The war between Sparta and Athens
      (hopefully that's the right English name for it).
      "Kids, don't listen to uncle Solver unless you want your parents to spank you." - Solver

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      • #4
        the title in english is simply "The Peloponnesian War".

        Links: http://www.multimania.com/sdelille/gdpa.html
        Thukydides work online: http://classics.mit.edu/Thucydides/pelopwar.html
        "The world is too small in Vorarlberg". Austrian ex-vice-chancellor Hubert Gorbach in a letter to Alistar [sic] Darling, looking for a job...
        "Let me break this down for you, fresh from algebra II. A 95% chance to win 5 times means a (95*5) chance to win = 475% chance to win." Wiglaf, Court jester or hayseed, you judge.

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        • #5
          Hm, I've meant rather some contemporary syntesis.
          Tukydides was involved in Athenai side. And in the first stadiumof the conflict if I remember correctly...
          Afterall I've meant web links.
          Mars, it is topic about Alexander's period...
          Sierotek Maryœ

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          • #6
            But Thuklydides' work is really not biased. Anyway, almost every "hard fact" we have from the wars has been taken from him.
            "The world is too small in Vorarlberg". Austrian ex-vice-chancellor Hubert Gorbach in a letter to Alistar [sic] Darling, looking for a job...
            "Let me break this down for you, fresh from algebra II. A 95% chance to win 5 times means a (95*5) chance to win = 475% chance to win." Wiglaf, Court jester or hayseed, you judge.

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            • #7
              Thukidides (gosh kids, you massacred the poor mans name ) is the only reliable source about the peloponesian war we've got.

              He tried to produce a rather "scientific" history and what he usually does is describing facts (you could call him a reporter of a sort - an idea that has much to do with the fact that he lived the events he describes).

              He is fairly unbiased (and he is an exeption to the rule "winner writes the history" - he fought for the side that lost) and is considered a valuable source.

              After all, for producing a scenario you would need the city/states that took part, the leaders and the placing - and he gives all that in full detail.

              Read Thukidides, you'll find what you need for your scenario

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              • #8
                the l was obviously a typo! And he is spelled with a Y
                "The world is too small in Vorarlberg". Austrian ex-vice-chancellor Hubert Gorbach in a letter to Alistar [sic] Darling, looking for a job...
                "Let me break this down for you, fresh from algebra II. A 95% chance to win 5 times means a (95*5) chance to win = 475% chance to win." Wiglaf, Court jester or hayseed, you judge.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Wernazuma III
                  the l was obviously a typo! And he is spelled with a Y
                  Have you taken Attic Greek? Would you know? It'd only be spelled with a y if you're transliterating it into Latin, then English. But if you did that you'd also spell it with a c and not a k. So there. And wheres the e^ta where you need it?
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Wernazuma III
                    the title in english is simply "The Peloponnesian War".
                    Nope, the original title isn't The Peloponnesian War.
                    The Greeks didn't have any specific name for
                    that war. It has been invented later.
                    Thukydides simply called the war,
                    The war between Sparta and Athens
                    (well, of course in Greek, not English ).

                    And don't try to say no, because I have it in
                    my bookshelf.
                    "Kids, don't listen to uncle Solver unless you want your parents to spank you." - Solver

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Wernazuma III
                      the title in english is simply "The Peloponnesian War".

                      Links: http://www.multimania.com/sdelille/gdpa.html
                      Thukydides work online: http://classics.mit.edu/Thucydides/pelopwar.html
                      Thanks a lot. Thats what I looked for...
                      Sierotek Maryœ

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