

Bury view the work as an objective and scientific piece of history. On the one hand, some scholars such as J. The History is divided into eight books.Īnalyses of the History generally occur in one of two camps.

His account of the conflict is widely considered to be a classic and regarded as one of the earliest scholarly works of history. It was written by Thucydides, an Athenian historian who also served as an Athenian general during the war. The History of the Peloponnesian War is a historical account of the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC), which was fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens).
