The History of Buddhist Thought c31.110

c31.110

This was the first time that the Lacedaemonians had ever attacked the city of Athens, and it was a great shock to the Athenians. They had always thought that their city was impregnable, and this attack showed them that it was not. The Athenians were now more determined than ever to defend their city, and they began to build a new wall around it.