History of the Peloponnesian War

And altogether, they deposed not their anger till they had first fined him in a sum of money.

Nevertheless, not long after (as is the fashion of the multitude) they made him general again and committed the whole state to his administration. For the sense of their domestic losses was now dulled, and for the need of the commonwealth they prized him more than any other whatsoever.

For as long as he was in authority in the city in time of peace, he governed the same with moderation and was a faithful watchman of it; and in his time it was at the greatest.

And after the war was on foot, it is manifest that he therein also foresaw what it could do. He lived after the war began two years and six months.