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Who came up with the name “Peloponnesian War”?
If I understand correctly, Thucydides actually called his book just History. If that is correct, then at what point did it become known as History of the Peloponnesian War?
EDIT: Here is how he ...
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Why was record keeping forbidden in Ancient Sparta?
in Ancient Sparta, record keeping and any kind of written history was forbidden by law. (src: http://history.stackexchange.com/a/5966/332 )
What was the rationale for such a law?
