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Personal Narrative: My Second Peloponnesian War
I am gylippus the greatest mothax general that sparta has seen or will ever see. I turned the tides of the war at syracuse and devastated the athenians, but i'm getting ahead of myself. This is the beginning of the second peloponnesian war and i am proving my worth as the best general of all time. I have gained experience battling athens before in the archidamian war i have proven my worth as a commander and i will be instrumental in destroying the athenians once and for all. Even as a mere morthax i have risen up the ranks to be a general and advisor to the king; i have shown my strength and prowess and now i have the opportunity to feast upon the athenian forces and i welcome the opportunity to do so.
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We must work to gain more allies and more profit We can do this through War peace however the opportunity the war presents for a political and economic breakthrough should not be overlooked. We're not quite on the level with Athens yet but this war presents us the opportunity to get to the level attained by athens. However considering the war on unnecessary presents many risks such as lowering morale upon the city states and the people losing many men that do not need to be lost and I could be used to grow the empire and most importantly as much as I do believe in the Spartan forces you never know what the God's will choose when it comes to Warfare we will never know for sure if we will win so they must also take that into account. Overall the honor and pride in me say we must go forward with this war we must eliminate the Athenian threat. more importantly this presents ample opportunity for me to benefit Above the Rest of the Spartans no one has become the greatest General alive simply playing by the book I must work towards becoming wealthier more reputable and better suited to the society of the spartans. My goals are to firstly advance myself for the most part this will be obtained by winning the war but if there is something I can do to advance myself during the war that may set the Spartans back as long as we still achieve

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