Book I, 1.23-[6]. (See: Thucydides Trap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thucydides%20Trap)
History of the Peloponnesian War, Book I
“The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable.”
Book I, 1.23-[6].
History of the Peloponnesian War, Book I
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