91: The Peace of Nicias

91: The Peace of Nicias

Welcome to another episode of Casting Through Ancient Greece! In this episode, we delve into one of the most pivotal yet precarious moments of the Peloponnesian War: the Peace of Nicias. After a decade of bitter conflict between Athens and Sparta, the year 421 BCE brought a glimmer of hope for peace. Named after the Athenian general and statesman who negotiated it, the Peace of Nicias was a formal attempt to halt hostilities. But was it truly a step toward reconciliation or merely a pause bef...

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Episode 9: This is Sparta

Episode 9: This is Sparta

The Institutions that would develop in Sparta are what made this Greek city state standout, even in modern times. Their interactions with their neighbours would help drive how these systems would take...

11 Kesä 202035min

Episode 8: The Sons of Heracles

Episode 8: The Sons of Heracles

Developing and coming out of the Dark Ages, would be one of the most recognisable city states. Sparta would come into existence from the union of surrounding villages and the conquering of nearby regi...

28 Touko 202026min

Episode 7: The Archaic Age, A Re-Birth

Episode 7: The Archaic Age, A Re-Birth

The Greek world now emerges out of the shadows of the dark ages, with the region experiencing a re-birth. What comes into being will be different to the ages that came before, although their memory wo...

14 Touko 202031min

Episode 6: An Age of Darkness

Episode 6: An Age of Darkness

The collapse of the Bronze Age world saw darkness descend onto the Greek world. The great palaces of the Mycenaeans lay in ruins. A period of regression and depopulation makes itself known in the Arch...

1 Touko 202025min

Episode 5. Collapse of the Bronze Age

Episode 5. Collapse of the Bronze Age

This time around the Myceneans would disappear into history with the rest of the Bronze Age world. This collapse would not only affect the Myceneans but also the rest of the Bronze Age world around th...

16 Huhti 202028min

Episode 4: The Mycenaeans

Episode 4: The Mycenaeans

In this episode we will look at our second Bronze Age Civilisation, the Mycenaeans. They would supplant the Minoans in the Aegean to become the dominant civilisation, there and on the Greek mainland. ...

2 Huhti 202030min

Episode 3. The Minoans

Episode 3. The Minoans

This episode deals with our first Bronze Age civilisation, the Minoans, who are recognised as one of the earliest to develop in the Aegean and Europe. Centred on Crete they would endure and recover fr...

19 Maalis 202024min

Episode 2. An Age of Bronze

Episode 2. An Age of Bronze

In this episode we will be looking at the beginning of the Bronze age in Greece, as well as the rediscovery of two civilisations from this time. Bronze, as well as other developments would see communi...

20 Helmi 202029min

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