Hey, gang, I have a great idea!

When we get through re-hashing the Civil War (or the War for Southern Secession, if you insist), let's take a long look at the Peloponnesian Wars.

Was Alcibiades unfairly sacked by the Athenians for losing a sea battle to the Spartans? After all, it wasn't incompetence, it was really a storm that swamp so many Athenian triremes, giving the advantage to the Spartans.

Demosthenes outmaneuvered the Spartans in the Battle of Pylos in 425 BC and trapped a group of Spartan soldiers, holding them under siege for weeks in order starve them out. Many of the Spartans died of starvation rather than surrender. Should Demosthenes be tried for war crimes?

Don Firth