68: The Powder Keg
The analogy of a powder keg in historical events it often used to describe a volatile situation that is waiting to explode into something larger. The most famous example of this is the events leading ...
21 Apr 202340min
67: The Athenian Empire
Athens had extinguished another fire in the Aegean when the island of Samos and Miletus, both Delian League members had gone to war with each other. Athens would assist Miletus seeing Samos revolt, th...
7 Apr 202336min
Interview: Odysseus Unbound with Prof. James Diggle
Links: https://www.odysseus-unbound.org/ Faceook YouTube Book: Odysseus Unbound: The Search for Homer's Ithaca In the series we have look at some elements within Greek history that have connection...
24 Mars 20231h 1min
66: Corinth, Emergence on the Greek Stage
We continue our look at the development of Corinth in the series. Last episode we ended with the period of tyranny that had lasted two generations and ended with the assassination of the third. Howeve...
10 Mars 202338min
65: Corinth's Early History
The polis of Corinth has remained in the background of events as we have travelled through the narrative of the series so far. Now though, we have reached a point, the years leading to the break out o...
24 Feb 202336min
64: The Samian War
Athens and Sparta had now entered into an agreement known as the 30 years’ peace, seeing the first Peloponnesian come to an end. This would see the creation of two spheres of influence within Greek la...
10 Feb 202340min
Collaboration with Spartan History Podcast
So, it’s now mid-December and I am taking a break over the Christmas period and month of January. Though, before signing off for the holidays I wanted to leave you all with a different sort of episode...
16 Dec 20221h 41min
63: Wars End
Athens and Sparta were now in a position to turn their attention to matters within their own spheres of influence, with the truce that existed between them. Sparta would look at eliminating the threat...
2 Dec 202236min
