Episode 11: Athens, Democracy Rises

Episode 11: Athens, Democracy Rises

Reforms had been but in place now from some important figures such as Draco and Solon. Though, they would not be enough to see democracy emerge and take hold just yet. The political front in Athens at this stage was looking very unstable with periods of anarchy, almost leading to civil war breaking out. This would see the type of leader emerge that had threatened to earlier, the tyrant. Factions were now forming around the geographical areas of Attica which fell roughly in line with the ...

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57: Troubles on the Peloponnese

57: Troubles on the Peloponnese

In 464 BC, Poseidon the earth shaker would rock the Peloponnese, seeing Sparta take the full force of the earthquake. A number of the ancient sources would record the terrible event and the scale of d...

2 Sep 202235min

56: Thasos, Path to Conflict

56: Thasos, Path to Conflict

After the Delian Leagues victory over the Persian forces at the Eurymedon River, campaigning would continue with it appearing other areas closer to the Greek mainland being the focus. Though, the Isla...

19 Aug 202237min

55: Policies Evolve

55: Policies Evolve

With the victory over the Persian invasions in 479 BC, the Greeks had continued operations in the Aegean against Persian controlled areas. Though, objectives and priorities of many of the city states ...

5 Aug 202245min

Interview: The Athenian Experience of War with Dr Owen Rees

Interview: The Athenian Experience of War with Dr Owen Rees

Dr Owen Rees is Associate Lecturer in Ancient History at Manchester Metropolitan University, where he specialises in the transition of soldiers from civilian life to the battlefield and back again. Hi...

22 Juli 20221h 47min

Interview: Eternal Myths with Bernie Taylor

Interview: Eternal Myths with Bernie Taylor

Bernie Taylor is an independent naturalist, thought leader and author whose research explores the mythological connections and biological knowledge among prehistoric, indigenous and ancient peoples. H...

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54: Clash at the Eurymedon

54: Clash at the Eurymedon

The Delian League had been campaigning in and around the Aegean for the best part of ten years. Thucydides had given us the picture of Athenian growth in power during this period with the league focus...

24 Juni 202238min

53: Debut of the Delian League

53: Debut of the Delian League

The Delian league had now been established with the majority of its members coming from regions throughout the Aegean. In its inception they had all turned to a Greek city state on the mainland, that ...

3 Juni 202237min

Interview: Rome's Early History with The Partial Historians

Interview: Rome's Early History with The Partial Historians

I wanted to do an episode that focused on Rome in the same sort of format I had done with my past Greek Periphery episodes. Though, my knowledge on Roman history is quite rusty at best, so I wanted to...

20 Maj 20221h 48min

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