

The Plague of War
Athens, Sparta, and the Struggle for Ancient Greece
Author: Jennifer T. Roberts
Series: Ancient Warfare and Civilization
Narrator: Anne Flosnik
Unabridged: 13 hr 2 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Published: 11/12/2019
Categories: Nonfiction, History, Ancient History, Military History
Synopsis
Jennifer Roberts's rich narrative of this famous conflict is the first general history to tell the whole story, from the war's origins down to Sparta's defeat at Leuctra. In her masterful account, this long and bloody war affected every area of life in Athens, exacerbated divisions between rich and poor in Sparta, and sparked civil strife throughout the Greek world. Yet despite the biting sorrows the fighting occasioned, it remains a gripping saga of plots and counter-plots, murders and lies, missed opportunities and last-minute reprieves, and, as the war's first historian Thucydides had hoped, lessons for a less bellicose future.