42: Thrace, Crossroads of Campaigns

42: Thrace, Crossroads of Campaigns

Greek and Roman writers would highlight the Thracians as some of the best mercenaries fielded in foreign armies from the mid-5th century and beyond. They would excel at hit and run tactics, harassing heavier troops and being able to defend difficult ground. This reputation would appear to be born out of their tradition of Homeric style warfare practiced in their own lands. Though we get no detailed accounts of how they fought against one another in their home territories. Our knowledge ...

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Interview: Pericles & Aspasia with Yvonne Korshak

Interview: Pericles & Aspasia with Yvonne Korshak

In this fascinating interview, I have the privilege of sitting down with Prof. Yvonne Korshak, a distinguished historian and accomplished writer, to delve into the captivating world of her latest mast...

25 Elo 20231h 44min

75: Pericles' Funeral Oration

75: Pericles' Funeral Oration

The end of the first campaigning season of the Peloponnesian war had now drawn to a close. Sparta had invaded Attica with their offensive strategy, while Athens resisted with the defensive policy empl...

11 Elo 202341min

74: Attica Invaded

74: Attica Invaded

The first year of the Peloponnesian war is now upon us. The first phase of this nearly 30-year struggle would be known as the Archidamian War, named after the Spartan king Archidamus, who had tried to...

28 Heinä 202341min

73: Causes for War

73: Causes for War

We have now reached the outbreak of the Peloponnesian war, where we saw the hostilities between Thebes and Plataea marking a point where the war would begin. Both of these city states were allied to S...

30 Kesä 202339min

72: The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War

72: The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War

The war party within Sparta now had the majority in favour of their policy towards Athens. A clear vote had seen that the policies of the peace that had influenced much of Spartan policy since the end...

16 Kesä 202339min

Teaser: Persian Counter Attack (Patreon)

Teaser: Persian Counter Attack (Patreon)

This is a teaser of the bonus episode, Persian Counter Attack found over on Patreon. After having looked at the reasons for the Ionian revolt breaking out, we now turn to the revolt itself. In the ma...

3 Kesä 20236min

71: The Decision

71: The Decision

With Potidaea now under siege from Athens, Corinth, although unofficial involved, was looking to help save the city and their connection to it before it would fall. To do this, they would work with th...

2 Kesä 202336min

70: War is in the Air

70: War is in the Air

Athens support of Corcyra had seen hostilities once again develop with Corinth who had been engaged in a dispute with the island polis. Athens would send ships to support Corcyra, as the Corinthian se...

19 Touko 202336min

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