20: That Leviathan
History in the Making
English - August 13, 2017 05:01 - 1 hour - 70.8 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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Nicias and Alcibiades struggle for control of Athens after a power vacuum appears. The back and forth leads to an Athens that pursues no grand strategy but plays a game of rapid, hectic tactics. All of Greece is swept up in political pinball as the traditional allies of Sparta reconsider their place in Greece and Sparta struggles to reclaim its political standing. As the stakes rise, Athens rebrands its role as the head of its empire and does whatever is necessary to keep control. This episode covers approximately 421 B.C. – 415 B.C.