The Peloponnesian War: How Greece Destroyed Itself — Fexingo History
FexingoThe Peloponnesian War (431–404 BCE) was the ancient Greek world's own civil war, a devastating conflict between the Athenian Empire and the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. Hosts Lucas and Luna guide listeners through the rise of Athenian democracy under Pericles, the construction of the Long Walls, and the fatal plague that ravaged the city. They explore the brutal Sicilian Expedition, the cun... more
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After the Sicilian disaster, Athens was on its knees. But instead of surrendering, the democracy fought on for nearly another decade. This episode dives into the Ionian War—the final, desperate phase of the Peloponnesian conflict. Lucas and Luna expl... more
In 427 BC, the Athenian ally Corcyra erupted in a savage civil war between oligarchs and democrats, a conflict Thucydides called the first of many such staseis to tear apart the Greek world. This episode explores the brutal stasis at Corcyra — how a ... more
In 418 BC, the Peloponnesian War reached a critical turning point at Mantineia in Arcadia. Athens, allied with Argos, Mantineia, and Elis, faced Sparta in the largest hoplite battle of the war. This episode explores the strategy, the commanders—inclu... more
In this episode of The Peloponnesian War: How Greece Destroyed Itself, Lucas and Luna dive into the extraordinary life of Alcibiades, the most controversial figure of the conflict. From his youth as Pericles' ward to his defection to Sparta, his role... more
After the Sicilian disaster, the Peloponnesian War enters its final act. Lucas and Luna explore the rise of Lysander, the Spartan admiral who outmaneuvered Athens with Persian gold and a ruthless naval strategy. They dissect the battle of Aegospotami... more
In Episode 7 of The Peloponnesian War, Lucas and Luna dive into one of the war's most brutal and emblematic episodes: the siege of Plataea (429–427 BCE). They explore how this small Boeotian city, allied with Athens, was besieged by a combined Sparta... more
In this episode of The Peloponnesian War: How Greece Destroyed Itself, Lucas and Luna zoom in on the forgotten naval clash at Sybota in 433 BCE—a skirmish that set the stage for the Peloponnesian War. Athens' intervention in the Corcyra-Corinth feud ... more
In 411 BC, while Athens was reeling from the disaster in Sicily and the Spartan occupation of Decelea, the democracy that had defined the city for a century was overthrown—not by foreign enemies, but by its own citizens. Lucas and Luna explore the ol... more
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