12: Linchpins and Puppeteers
History in the Making
English - January 12, 2017 06:01 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 135 ratingsSociety & Culture Arts Performing Arts history athens greece storytelling sparta peloponnesian war. persia Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Democracy reaches its peak in Athens as the city reaches east to Egypt and war at last breaks out with Sparta. The power of Athens’ version of the Supreme Court is partially dissolved and returned to the people in the lower courts. Since we don’t have a lot of information on this court, we look to our own Supreme Court for help. This episode covers approximately 464 BC – 449 BC.