Posts tagged Hoplite Warfare
They Created A Desert

Bolstered by a recent victory, Athens follows Cleon further into war in hopes of achieving absolute victory. There are many areas where victory is needed. Once back on the streets of the city we meet Socrates who is busy asking everybody he can irritating questions. Questioning your assumptions may be the basis to a true understanding of yourself and society, although it can be very frightening. This episode covers approximately 425 B.C. – 422 B.C.

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Season 1Robert SimsAristophanes, Sophocles, Agis, Brasidas, Thucydides, Demosthenes, Socrates, Alcibiades, Megara, Amphipolis, Athens, Sparta, Scione, Peloponnesian War, Battle of Delium, Battle, Hoplite Warfare, Demagogue, Battle of Amphipolis, Philosophy, Sophistry, Athenian Empire
Plataea

This special, full-length episode frames the Battle of Plataea with voting practices of the ancient world. As it turns out, voting in Sparta was quite similar to going to a football match. Things get violent in the climax of the Persian Wars. This episode takes place in 478 BC.

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Season 1Robert SimsPlataea, Sparta, Persia, Athens, Aristides, Cimon, Themistocles, The Persian Wars, Spartan Military, Women, Religion, Prophecy, Hoplite Warfare, Government, Pausanias, Battle of Plataea, Battle
The World Reshuffled

The gloves come off. Themistocles and Aristides face off in the Assembly. Distant scuffles between Athens and Persia flame up into full scale war. The Persian wave crashes on the beaches of Marathon while Athens, with the small town of Plataea, brace to endure it. The world is beginning to be reordered. This episode covers approximately 494 BC – 481 BC.

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Season 1Robert SimsAthens, Aristides, Battle of Marathon, Persia, Politics, Sparta, Miltiades, Hippias, Leonidas, Miletus, Argos, Plataea, Hoplite Warfare, The Persian Wars, Reform, Government, Justice