100: Sicily, The Hard Road Ahead

100: Sicily, The Hard Road Ahead

A shocked city, a careful army, and a plateau that decides everything. We follow the tense weeks after Athens’ first win outside Syracuse, when momentum gave way to method. Nicias, often branded cautious, makes a hard strategic choice: pause late in the season, refill the coffers, request cavalry, and prepare for a siege that can actually hold under pressure. Meanwhile, Syracuse hears Hermocrates at last. His blunt case—discipline over bluster, reform over blame—shrinks a muddled command, tig...

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Teaser: Mycale in the Wider War (Patroen)

Teaser: Mycale in the Wider War (Patroen)

Empires can lose in stages—and the moments in between can matter most. We dive into the chain that turned Xerxes’ massive gamble into Greek momentum: the trap at Salamis, the phalanx at Plataea, and t...

22 Loka 20256min

Teaser: Pausanias at Plataea (Patreon)

Teaser: Pausanias at Plataea (Patreon)

The complicated legacy of Pausanias, Spartan regent and commander at Plataea, reveals the razor-thin line between military glory and personal disgrace. When Persian forces under Mardonius threatened G...

3 Loka 20255min

97. Sicily, Deciding Disaster

97. Sicily, Deciding Disaster

The Sicilian Expedition stands as one of history's most infamous military disasters—a bold gamble that crippled Athenian power and ultimately sealed their fate in the Peloponnesian War. But what drove...

3 Loka 202538min

96: Melos, Might & Right

96: Melos, Might & Right

The aftermath of the Battle of Mantinea marks a critical turning point in the Peloponnesian War, as Sparta reasserts its dominance while Athens grapples with the moral contradictions of empire. With ...

12 Syys 202542min

Teaser: Plataea, Clash of Military Systems (Patreon)

Teaser: Plataea, Clash of Military Systems (Patreon)

Two distinct military systems, two worldviews, one decisive battlefield. The clash at Plataea in 479 BCE represents far more than a Greek victory over Persian invaders – it embodies the collision of f...

22 Elo 20256min

95: The Battle of Mantinea

95: The Battle of Mantinea

The battlefield at Mantinea in 418 BC witnessed one of the most consequential clashes of the Peloponnesian War, a moment when Sparta's reputation hung in the balance. Following years of diplomatic ero...

19 Elo 202538min

Bonus: Sparta's About Turn (Patreon)

Bonus: Sparta's About Turn (Patreon)

his is a teaser of the bonus episode, "Sparta's About Turn" found over on Patreon. The precarious Greek alliance against Persia hung by the thinnest of threads in 479 BCE. After watching Athens burn t...

15 Kesä 20256min

94: Diplomacy by Force

94: Diplomacy by Force

What happens when military might meets diplomatic cunning? In the fragile years following the Peace of Nicias, a dangerous dance unfolds across Greece as former enemies circle each other warily, neith...

10 Touko 202540min

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