The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 03
CHAPTER XXX
THE OUTBREAK OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR (432-431 B.C.) 508
Our sources, 508. The origin of the war, 510. Preparations for the conflict, 517. The surprise of Platæa, 522. Pericles’ reconcentration policy, 526. The first year’s ravage, 527.