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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{War, Power and Justice: Thucydides}}  \tn
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{The lecture introduces the Greek historian and political thinker Thucydides and some of the main problems in his masterpiece The History of the Peloponnesian War. The lecture's aim is to give you a glance into why it is much richer and more complex than labelling it as a foundational text of political realism would lead us to believe.} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Who was Thucydides?}}  \tn
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\mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{Born around 50s of 5th century BCE} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{Wealthy Athenian Citizen - meant that he played an important part in democracy - minority was involved in politics, knew key players in ruling, had to serve in military if asked to do so} \tn 
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Part of democracy and war efforts & Served as military commander in 424BCE & Condemned to exile for his defeat \tn 
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Thucydides composed his famous history of the Peloponnesian War in 432-404 BCE. - done for a modern reason & Not just an account of war; written "as a possession for all time" – to learn from history! - arguably the first of its kind of the history books. &  \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{"War began when the Athenians and the Peloponnesians broke the Thirty Years Truce {[}…{]}.  As to the reasons why they broke the truce, I propose first to give an account of the causes of complaint which they had against each other {[}…{]}.} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{But the real reason for the war is, in my opinion, most likely to be disguised by such an argument.  What made war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta." (Book 1, 23)} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{"In voting for war on the ground of breach of the treaty the Spartans were not so much influenced by the arguments of their allies as by their fear of increasing Athenian power, when they could see already so much of Greece already subject to Athens." (Book 1, 88)} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Athens power was growing which caused fear in Sparta - Sparta doesn't initially go to war - Sparta's allies provide the final push to go to war - sense of threat - T is of the opinion that the Spartans were influenced by the allies and by fear - open to interpretation though} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{The Melians (from the island Melos and originally Spartan colonists) had tried to stay neutral in the war;  Athens want them in their alliance. Melians are forced into a hostile stance when the Athenians tried to attack them} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Rational and human rather than divine explanations - wanted to write this fairly rather than objectively, explicitly wanted to provide a factual account rather than a divine explanation} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{"And with regard to my factual reporting of the events of the war I have made it a principle not to write down the first story that came my way, and not even to be guided by my own general impressions; either I was present myself at the events which I have described or else I heard of them from eye-witnesses whose reports I have checked with as much thoroughness as possible." (Book 1, 22) - setting out an objective approach, trying to get the truth through accounts.} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{The Spartan support is limited to (under the order of Salaethus) providing heavier arms to the common people - Levsos is quite far away - offer support but not the amount that the leaders of the rebellion expect.} \tn 
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 & Athenians:  "You are not in an equal contest, so questions of honour maintained or shame avoided have no relevance. You should be thinking more of your survival, and that means not resisting a force that is much stronger than you." (book 5, 101).  -  no, because they are a small power and we are a big power we cannot have this debate. \tn 
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War fought between \seqsplit{city-states} Athens and Sparta + allies & Athens is a rising power and Sparta is a ruling power - after the persian war - Athens  were the dominant power within the islands but sparta were growing in power & Sparta is \seqsplit{eventually} the winner of the war & or rather, Athens lost the war – \seqsplit{increasingly} weak \seqsplit{leadership}, imperial \seqsplit{overreach…} - leaders were dying off in battle and of old age and the plague all the competent generals were dead. Athens tried to fight too many wars at the same time. \tn 
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Both \seqsplit{city-states} were Empires leading an alliance of \seqsplit{independent} states & Delian League:  Athens' alliance of states (founded for war against Persia and \seqsplit{increasingly} powerful) & \seqsplit{Peloponnesian} League: Sparta's alliance of states &  \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Want revenge, reach the decision to punish them severely but overcome with doubt at their decision - may have overreacted, call a second debate should they stick or do something different.} \tn 
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Cleon: empires can't be run with compassion; be consistent; don't waste time; trust your instinct; we need to set an example; punish all as they deserve - sophist and real person - very hard-nosed and ruthless & Diodotus: we must be prudent; we should show moderation in our response, because that is much more strategic in the long run (does he also appeal to morality?); punish only the 'ring leaders' of the revolt - may not have existed suggestion that T merged two people together to create this person - only punish the people who started and led the rebellion - punishing will just make future rebellions happen - long time thinking for the future - wants to maintain a successful empire. \tn 
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A historian or a theorist of International Relations? & "And with regard to my factual reporting of the events of the war I have made it a principle not to write down the first story that came my way, and not even to be guided by my own general impressions; either I was present myself at the events which I have described or else I heard of them from eye-witnesses whose reports I have checked with as much thoroughness as possible." \tn 
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 & "I shall be content if it is judged useful by those who will want to have a clear understanding of what happened – and, such is the human condition, will happen again at some time in the same or a similar pattern. It was composed as a permanent legacy, not a showpiece for a single hearing" (Book 1, 22) \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{"One must turn {[}Thucydides{]} over line by line and read his concealed thoughts {[}or ulterior motives: Hintergedanken{]} as clearly as his words: there are few thinkers so rich in concealed thoughts."  		(Friedrich Nietzsche quoted in Harloe and Morley 2012: 13)} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{"The name of Thucydides has the power to persuade, even or especially to persuade those with little or no direct knowledge of his work, and even when that name is invoked to support positions with no obvious connection to anything that Thucydides himself ever wrote." (Harloe and Morley 2012: 1-2)} \tn 
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