093 - Revolt in the Empire

In this episode, we discuss the years 428 and 427 BC of the Peloponnesian War, including the introduction of Kleon and Nikias, the revolt of Mytilene (Lesbos) from the Athenian empire, and a "prison-style breakout" from Plataea

Primary Sources: 
Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesian War (Book 3)
Plutarch's Life of Nikias
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)

Map/The Athenian Empire

Map/The Peloponnesian War

Video/Part 2 of the Peloponnesian War (History Den)

Video/Part 3 of the Peloponnesian War (History Den)

 

Video/The Peloponnesian War - PART III: Mytilenean Revolt, Fate of Plataea, Civil War in Corcyra (History with Cy)

Recommended Podcast Episodes:
***Antiquity in Question - The Peloponnesian War, the End of an Independent Greece?
***History in the Making - Fear, Fate, and Power

***History of Modern Greece - Peloponnesian War: Sparta Rises

***History of the World - Ancient Greece: Peloponnesian War, Part Two

***Plutarch - Nicias – Superstitious but Noble