62: Crisis in the Aegean

62: Crisis in the Aegean

After the battle of Tanagra, Athens was able to focus on pursuing its aims throughout Boeotia, the Gulf of Corinth and the Peloponnese. This saw Athens power and influence grow even more at the expense of Sparta and its allies. However, the disaster that would take place in Egypt for Athens would see them now needing to change their policies to better deal with the crisis that was brewing in the Aegean. One of the first measures taken was to put in place a truce with Sparta, so as to reduce t...

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Introducing The History of Egypt Podcast

Introducing The History of Egypt Podcast

Please sit back and enjoy this extended podcast recommendation, an Introduction to the History of Egypt Podcast where Dominic will share a short tale with you. If you haven't yet come across the Histo...

6 Mai 20228min

52: Birth of the Delian League

52: Birth of the Delian League

Birth of the Delian League: Leagues in Greece were not a new concept, with many being in existence in one form or another. So, far the major leagues that we have followed have been the Peloponnesian ...

6 Mai 202243min

51: Cracks Appear

51: Cracks Appear

The Persian invasion of 480 BC had now been defeated with the victory over Xerxes land forces on the Greek Boeotian plains outside Plataea. While his navy was destroyed in Persian controlled lands bel...

22 Apr 202238min

50: Introducing Thucydides with Prof. James Romm

50: Introducing Thucydides with Prof. James Romm

I find it very fitting that with this 50th episode we are now transitioning into a new phase of Greek history. A point that is often officially seen where the Archaic Age ends and the Classical Age st...

8 Apr 202252min

49: Miletos with Prof. Vanessa Gorman

49: Miletos with Prof. Vanessa Gorman

The Greek city of Miletos in western Anatolia would be described by Herodotus as being the ornament of Ionia. This referring to the affluence of the city during the Archaic period and its position amo...

25 Mar 20221h 21min

48: Anatolia, Conflicts Continue

48: Anatolia, Conflicts Continue

The Ionian Greeks along with their allies from Athens and Eretria had entered and burn Sardis, though they failed to take the Acropolis. They withdrew back to the coast where the Persian would catch u...

11 Mar 202243min

47: Anatolia, Revolt in the West

47: Anatolia, Revolt in the West

The words of the Delphic oracle had rung true, the rising empire founded by Cyrus the great, the Persians had just destroyed a mighty empire, in that of king Croesus and his Lydians. The Greeks of Ion...

25 Feb 202238min

46: Anatolia, West To Ionia

46: Anatolia, West To Ionia

With the collapse of the Bronze Age the Hittite Empire which had dominated Anatolian lands would vanish from the world stage. Its presence and legacy would only be rediscovered in our modern times sho...

11 Feb 202238min

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