My Thoughts On The Historical Impact Of The Athenian Spartan War

Throughout history, Peloponnesian War remains one of the most indelible civil wars in human history. It is one of the first documented conflicts where members of the same society engage in extended conflict over political and agricultural differences. It is also one of the first conflicts where we have well documented accounts.

However, one element that may not surface on the radar of most is how pivotal the Peloponnesian War was on our current form of Western democracy. In fact, in this paper I will demonstrate that had this conflict not ended the way it did, our form of democracy surely would have.

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Adam