A)How did Thucydides' experiences, aims and sources help him to write as accurately as possible?
Thucydides' experiences in the war gave him access to information that would help him to write accurately. Being an eyewitness to many events himself, he could draw from his own experiences when writing his history. It also meant he would be know people who had been involved in other battles and ask for their accounts of what had happened.
He also travelled around Greece to gain others views of events, ad stories of what had happened across the country, giving him more dimensions to add to his own opinions and stories.…
