What this could mean to a modern person might be that change is always going to upset those in power, especially when the power is built on force. Of course, with a government like Sparta's, Athens political and economic rise to power poses a threat. He explains their brutality and strategy, their commitment to absolute victory, and the importance of fear and power in their social order. He reports that Sparta is a powerful nation because of their use of military prowess. He feels that Athens was growing at a rate that threatened Sparta's sense of power. Thucydides explains why he believes the war began. First there is the author's motivation: what did Thucydides intend by writing this down? Then, there is the question of today: what does a modern person learn by reading about wars that happened thousands of years ago? By understanding these two questions in tandem, the reader can begin to see this History as a commentary not of one singular event, but of human nature and their propensity to be at war. Two major analyses stand out among innumerable others.
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