Focuses on the Archidamian War, the first ten years of the Great
Peloponnesian War, which saw both Athens and Sparta win major
victories and suffer costly defeats, before ending in a draw and a
short-lived peace. Covers the type of troops involved, the roles of
Pericles, Brasidas and Socrates, the siege of Plataea, the temple of
Athena Nike and the clash between Sparta and Argos. Also looks at
letters written by Roman troops in the eastern desert of Egypt, and the
evidence for PTSD in the Roman world
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