Let’s start at the beginning. Thucydides was an Athenian, born sometime between 460 and 455 B.C. and dying around the year 400. Historian, general, and philosopher, Thucydides left behind multiple written works, the most important of which were the “Melian Dialogue” and a multi-volume “History of the Peloponnesian War”. Inspired by the writings of Herodotus, whose work “The Histories” he saw performed live, Thucydides dedicated his life to the recording of historical events and is today considered one of the ancient world’s most reliable historians.