Casting Through Ancient Greece
Casting Through Ancient Greece
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104: The Disaster Of Sicily
Athens didn’t just lose in Sicily. It ran out of time, ran out of space, and finally ran out of choices. We pick up the story at the moment the expedition is already wobbling, when Nicias can see the danger but can’t bring himself to force the ...
Teaser: Themistocles Pt 2 (Patreon)
This is a teaser of the bonus episode, "Themistocles Pt 2" found over on Patreon.A single line from Delphi forces Athens to gamble every...
103: Defeat of the Athenian Navy
Athens is the greatest naval power in Greece, yet in Sicily it starts to feel helpless. We pick up the story at the moment Nicias sends a careful, politically protective message home and the Athenian Assembly hears what it wants to hear: send m...
Teaser: Themistocles Pt 1 (Patreon)
This is a teaser of the bonus episode, "Themistocles Pt 1" found over on Patreon.Athens doesn’t wake up one day as the master of the Aeg...
102: Athens Doubles Down
A general sends home a letter that sounds like a warning and Athens treats it like a challenge. Nicias lays out the ugly reality at the Siege of Syracuse: stretched supply lines, sickness in camp, fading morale, and a siege that is slipping out...