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Historian Thucydides

ThucydidesBust of Thucydides
Athens
Statesman, General, Historian
c. 460 BC – c. 404 BC

Background
       Recorded as the greatest historian of Ancient Greece, Thucydides was the son of Olorus, a man of Thracian descent, and related to the Athenian statesman Miltiades. Sometime after 30, Thucydides was elected a general of Athens would soon partake in the Battle of Amphipolis in 424 BC alongside General Cleon.

Peloponnesian War Contribution
       Thucydides documented the Peloponnesian War with his own firsthand accounts. After his failure at holding Amphipolis, he was exiled by Athens. This allowed Thucydides more time to focus on recording the war itself which he did and published his book History of the Peloponnesian War, the only recorded firsthand account of the war.

Historian Thucydides