在古斯巴达人眼里,古雅典人懒散疏怠,因此才在伯罗奔尼撒战争中惨遭失败。最近科学家指出,古雅典人的虚弱可能是流感与中毒的结果。美国流行病学家亚历山大·兰米尔与亚利桑那大学的一些学者相信,在伯罗奔尼撒战争期间有一种疾病杀死了数万雅典人。曾任雅典将军的古希腊历史学家修昔底德因在安菲城战役中弛援不力而遭 In the eyes of the Goswabands, the ancient Athenians lashed loose and therefore failed in the Peloponnesian war. Recently scientists pointed out that the weakness of the ancient Athenians may be the result of flu and poisoning. The United States epidemiologist Alexander Rankir and some scholars at the University of Arizona believe there is a disease that killed tens of thousands of Athenians during the Peloponnesian War. Thucydides, an ancient Greek historian who served as a general in Athens, was struggled to ease the battle in the city of Amphitryon