096 - Athens on the Offensive

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)

Video/Who Fought the Peloponnesian War? (Ancient History Guy)

Video/How did the Peloponnesian War Happen? - Athens Faces Sparta (Knowledgia)

Map/The Athenian Empire

Map/The Peloponnesian War

Video/Part 4 of the Peloponnesian War (History Den)

Video/Part 5 of the Peloponnesian War (History Den)

Map/Ancient Boeotia

Video/Battle of Delium (November 424 BCE) (History Dude)

Video/Battle of Delium, 424 BC (HistoryMarche)

 

Map/Battle of Delium

Photo/Drawing of Boeotian Flamethrower

Photo/Model of Boeotian Flamethrower

Map/Macedonian Kingdom and the Chalcidice

Map/Plan of Amphipolis

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***Antiquity in Question - The Peloponnesian War, the End of an Independent Greece?
***History in the Making - They Created A Desert

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

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

***Plutarch - Nicias – Superstitious but Noble