History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides
Thucydides. The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury. Hobbes, Thomas. translator. London: John Bohn, 1843.
"But it may be some rely on this, that we exceed them in arms and multitude of soldiers so that we may waste their territories with incursions.
But there is much other land under their dominion, and by sea they are able to bring in whatsoever they shall stand in need of.