 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nekuda kwesimba rake mudunhu reThracian, Thucydides akanyora, akatumirwa sa strategos general kuThasos muna 424 BC. Munguva yechando ya424423 BC, mukuru weSpartan Brasidas akarwisa Amphipolis, hafu yezuva yekufamba nechekumavirira kubva kuThasos pamhenderekedzo yeThrace, zvichikonzera Hondo yeAmphipolis. Eucles, mutungamiriri weAtene paAmphipolis, akatumira shoko kuna Thucydides kuti amubatsire. Brasidas, achiziva nezvekuvapo kwaThucydides paThasos uye simba rake pavanhu veAmphipolis, uye achitya rubatsiro rwunosvika negungwa, akaita nekukurumidza kupa mazwi ane mwero kuAmphipolitans kuti vape, izvo zvavakabvuma. Nokudaro, apo Thucydides akasvika, Amphipolis yakanga yatova mukutonga kweSpartan. 