Historical literatureFor a city consists of men, and not of walls nor ships empty of men.NiciasThucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War · 404 BC★ 3.9
Philosophical dialogue · DialogueWho has knowledge of what is to be dreaded and what is not—the man whom I call courageous?NiciasPlato, Laches · 380 BC★ 2.3