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Thucydides first draft:

Alright, buckle the f*** up, because I’m Thucydides, an Athenian, and I decided to write down the complete and total f***ing s***show that was the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians. Why? Because the moment these dumbasses threw the first punch, I was dead certain this was gonna be the biggest f***ing war anyone had ever seen. And I wasn’t talking out of my ass—both sides were ready to go medieval on each other’s asses, gearing up like they were about to rip the world a new one. Every sword, every ship, every bloodthirsty bastard was locked, loaded, and ready to f*** s*** up. And the rest of the Greek world? They were just sitting on the sidelines, cracking their knuckles, waiting to get in on the action.

Waking up and thinking, you know what’s missing in the world? Thucydides and his first draft…

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One of my earliest history teachers always called him ‘thucky-diddies’ (knowingly) and I always admired that small effort to make a topic that is bland to a high schooler at least a little funny.

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