HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR
THOUGHT
This is such an important piece of history and we were lucky that (1) Thucydides has written from the beginning to almost the end (the last 6 years of the war was missing) and (2) Thucydides was the one writing it. From my opinion, what made the book great is Thucydides has scrapped all the religion concepts and ideas out of the facts. He put all his trust onto the verbal stories and scrolls while going as far as fact-checking them between peers. 2500 years ago!