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The Athenian Plague: How Disease Hobbled a Superpower

The Athenian Plague: How Disease Hobbled a Superpower

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In 430 BC, as Athens was locked in the Peloponnesian War against Sparta, a mysterious plague swept through the city. Crowded behind the Long Walls, refugees and citizens alike fell victim to a disease that killed perhaps a third of the population, including Pericles himself. Thucydides, who survived it, left a harrowing firsthand account—describing symptoms from fever to pustules to blindness, and the complete breakdown of social order. This episode explores modern theories on what the plague actually was: typhoid fever, Ebola, or something else? We also look at how the plague tilted the war's momentum, eroded faith in democracy, and seeded the desperation that led to the disastrous Sicilian Expedition. Join Lucas and Luna as they examine a catastrophe that reshaped Athenian power and psychology. #AthenianPlague #PeloponnesianWar #Thucydides #Pericles #Sparta #Athens #TyphoidFever #Ebola #SicilianExpedition #AncientGreece #Plague #Epidemic #History #FexingoHistory #Mediterranean #LongWalls #BattleofTanagra #PericleanAthens Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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