22: Traitor is Such an Ugly Word
History in the Making
English - December 22, 2017 05:31 - 55 minutes - 50.5 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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After the disaster of the Sicilian Expedition, the largest defeat in the history of Athenian Democracy, the whole Mediterranean world expected Athens to fall. Refusing to surrender the Athenian assembly accepts previously unthinkable changes in order to continue to the fight against Sparta, the revolting cities across the Empire, and to keep the ever ambitious Persians in check. Amid this pressure the democracy in Athens is reexamined and some citizens desire a change, either through legal reforms or terror tactics. This episode covers approximately 413 BC – 411 BC.