In this episode, we discuss the years 425 and 424 BC of the Peloponnesian War, including the conclusion of the First Sicilian Expedition and the Congress of Gela, the Athenian seizure of Kythera, the battles of Megara and Delium, and the beginning of Brasidas' Thracian campaign
Primary Sources:
Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesian War (Book 4)
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)
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![File:Pelop war en.png](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Pelop_war_en.png/800px-Pelop_war_en.png)
Video/Part 4 of the Peloponnesian War (History Den)
![File:Battle of delium map.png](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Battle_of_delium_map.png/281px-Battle_of_delium_map.png)
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***Antiquity in Question - The Peloponnesian War, the End of an Independent Greece?
***History in the Making - They Created A Desert
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