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On this day: The Carnation Revolution in Portugal began in 1974

Philenews 25 Apr 2025
Following is a chronological list of notable events that occurred on April 25 throughout history.. 404 BC – Athens surrenders to Sparta, ending the Peloponnesian War. Athens capitulated to Sparta on April 25, 404 BC, concluding the Peloponnesian War.
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Archaeologists May Have Found The Forgotten Capital Of A Lost Civilization

IFL Science 23 Apr 2025
The site is found near the village of Crnobuki in North Macedonia ... Image courtesy of Cal Poly Humboldt ... The ancient kingdom of Macedonia was on the edges of the ancient Greek world, just out of the grasp of powerful city-states like Athens and Sparta ... .
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Spartan Wit Revisited: History’s Sharpest One-Liner

Greek Reporter 22 Apr 2025
While other Greek city-states like Athens prized eloquence and debate, Sparta showed that sometimes, saying less says more ... Sparta’s mothers and their wit ... A visitor once mocked Sparta for having no city walls ... These are Sparta’s walls.”.
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The History of the Ancient Greek City of Thebes

Greek Reporter 20 Apr 2025
In 457 BC, Sparta, needing an ally against Athens, reversed her policy, reinstating Thebes as the dominant power in Boeotia ... After the downfall of Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War, Thebes formed the nucleus of the league against Sparta.
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The Unsung City-States That Shaped the Ancient Greek World

Greek Reporter 18 Apr 2025
While Athens and Sparta dominate history book pages, there are lesser known ancient Greek city-states that played an important role in the spread of Greek civilization.
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Time for Harvard To Thank the American People

The Harvard Crimson 18 Apr 2025
When hyper-militarized, hierarchical Sparta attacked ... This weakened Athens to such an extent that in the end the city gave way to Sparta ... The world still remembers and visits Athens, not so much Sparta.
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US, China, and the Thucydides Trap: History Repeating or Misleading?

Greek Reporter 16 Apr 2025
... in Sparta that made war inevitable.” ... In today’s context, the implication seems clear – China’s rise is bound to provoke a collision with the United States, just as Athens once did with Sparta.
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Are US and China really in a Thucydides Trap?

Asiatimes 16 Apr 2025
... in Sparta that made war inevitable.” ... In today’s context, the implication seems clear – China’s rise is bound to provoke a collision with the United States, just as Athens once did with Sparta.
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The Thucydides Trap: Vital lessons from ancient Greece for China and the US … or ...

San Francisco Chronicle 15 Apr 2025
... in Sparta that made war inevitable.” ... In today’s context, the implication seems clear – China’s rise is bound to provoke a collision with the United States, just as Athens once did with Sparta.
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Max Boot: Risk of sleep-walking from a trade war to a shooting war is real

Irish Independent 15 Apr 2025
“It was the rise of Athens, and the fear that this inspired in ...
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Risk of sleep-walking from a trade war, to a shooting war, is real

Irish Independent 15 Apr 2025
“It was the rise of Athens, and the fear that this inspired in ...
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The Thucydides Trap: Vital lessons from ancient Greece for China and the US ... or a load of old claptrap?

Beijing News 15 Apr 2025
... in Sparta that made war inevitable." ... In today's context, the implication seems clear - China's rise is bound to provoke a collision with the United States, just as Athens once did with Sparta.
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Europe's race to rearm is pointless if its adversaries are waging war online | Johnny Ryan

The Guardian 15 Apr 2025
Ireland holds the algorithm off-switch. Ursula von der Leyen must force Dublin to use it. Europe is scrambling to remilitarise ... Thucydides recounted how ancient Athens and Sparta sowed discord and cultivated traitors in each other’s camps.
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Thucydides: The Ancient Greek Father of Scientific History

Greek Reporter 12 Apr 2025
The history of the armed conflict between ancient Greece’s most emblematic city-states, Athens and Sparta, as well as their allies, the Delian League and the Peloponnesian League, respectively, in the words of Thucydides is an invaluable text.
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