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Sunday, April 21, 2019

090 - The Road to War



In this episode, we discuss the two major events over 433/2 BC that led Perikles to claim that he could see war "coming out of the Peloponnesos" (the Potidaia revolt and the Megarian embargo); the speeches given by the Korinthians, Spartans, and Athenians on the eve of the Peloponnesian War; and both sides' financial and military resources, war aims, and tactical strategies


Primary Sources: 
Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesian War (Book 1)
Plutarch's Life of Pericles
Diodorus Siculus' The Library of History (Book 12)







Supplementary Resources (Videos, Photos, Other Podcasts)

Video/The Peloponnesian War (Khan Academy)



Video/The Peloponnesian War (Epimetheus)





Photo/Drawing of Socrates Saving Alcibiades at the Battle of Potidaea

File:Battle of Potidaea 431 BCE.jpg

Map/The Athenian Empire in 431 BC

File:Map athenian empire 431 BC-en.svg


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