Adolphus William Ward's translation of 1868-1873 made Curtius' seminal work (first published in German between 1857 and 1867) available to the Victorian reading public. Volume 2 covers the themes of conflict and unity in the events leading up to the Ionian revolt and the Peloponnesian War.

This English translation (1868 1873) made accessible to the Victorian reading public a history by the great German scholar Curtius.