In this episode, we discuss the years 423 to 421 BC of the Peloponnesian War, including the death of the Persian king Artaxerxes and the succession struggle that ends with Dareios II on the throne; the continuation of Brasidas' Thrakian and Makedonian campaign; the Wasps and Peace by Aristophanes; and the deaths of Brasidas and Kleon during the second battle of Amphipolis, culminating in the "Peace of Nikias" and the end of the Archidamian War
Primary Sources:
Aristophanes' The Wasps
Aristophanes' Peace
Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesian War (Book 5)
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/Part 6 of the Peloponnesian War (History Den)
Photo/Relief of Darius II from his Tomb at Naqsh-e Rustam
Photo/Silver Ossuary and Gold Crown of Brasidas at Amphipolis
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***Antiquity in Question - The Peloponnesian War, the End of an Independent Greece?
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Photo/Silver Ossuary and Gold Crown of Brasidas at Amphipolis
Recommended Podcast Episodes:
***Antiquity in Question - The Peloponnesian War, the End of an Independent Greece?
***History in the Making - They Created A Desert
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