Has anyone ever read any of his books?  I just got “The Peloponnesian War” and read a few sections on Sparta and it's quite good.  I've only heard of him because he's cited in my textbook and in about 90% of the journals and papers I've read.  It'll be a while before I get to read the whole book, this Rome stuff is going to keep me fairly busy. But I was just curious if anyone's heard of him or read anything of his.