The Peloponnesian War - PART I: The Gathering Storm

This is the first episode of the podcast series on the Peloponnesian War. How did it start? What does Thucydides, the war's great historian, tell us about the reasons and motivations of Athens, Sparta, Corinth and the different parties involved? Could the conflict have been prevented? We'll take a look at these questions and more as we go through the story of the greatest internal conflict of ancient Greek history, the Peloponnesian War!
Contents:
00:00 Introduction
01:50 Thucydides and History
05:33 Greece after the Persian Invasion
08:52 The Delian and Peloponnesian Leagues
11:12 Earthquake in Sparta and Messenian Uprising
12:38 Athens and Sparta have a Falling Out
16:00 Early Skirmishes
22:51 Conflict between Corinth and Corcyra
27:44 Battle of Sybota
31:00 The Megarian Decree
32:06 Potidea and Macedon
35:20 War Hawks
39:42 The Arguments of Archidamos and Sthenelaidas
43:00 War is Declared!
44:22 Thank You and Patrons
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