11-29-2004, 11:10 AM
Read the first chapter of Thucydides' History of the Peloponesian war, he goes into the triggers that started the war but he belives the real reason is the Rise of Athenian power, causing a decline in Spartan influence. This situation could only lead to eventual conflict between these to superpowers of the Hellenic world. <p></p><i></i>