Casting Through Ancient Greece
Casting Through Ancient Greece
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Teaser: A League By Choice? (Patreon)
This is a teaser of the bonus episode, "A League by Choice?" found over on Patreon.A voluntary alliance can feel like freedom right up u...
106: Persian Successions
A king is murdered, a throne becomes a prize, and the world’s biggest empire has to prove it can still hold together. We pull away from the Peloponnesian War just long enough to track the Persian succession shocks that set the stage for Persia’...
Teaser: Themistocles Pt 4
Athens wins at Salamis, but what happens when the man most associated with that victory becomes politically untouchable? We close out our Themistocles series by following the messy aftermath of the Persian Wars, where glory fades fast and the r...
105: Aftermath of Sicily
Athens doesn’t just lose a battle in Sicily, it loses the foundation of its power. We start with Thucydides’ brutal assessment of the Sicilian Expedition: a fleet shattered, an army trapped, commanders executed, and survivors driven into captiv...