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Hanson compellingly portrays the ways Athens and Sparta fought on land and sea, in city and countryside, and details their employment of the full scope of conventional and non-conventional tactics, from sieges to targeted assassinations, torture, and terrorism. He also assesses the crucial roles played by warriors such as Pericles and Lysander, artists, among them Aristophanes, and thinkers including Sophocles and Plato. 

73 vor Christus brechen mehrere Männer aus einer Gladiatorenschule in Capua aus. Unter ihnen ist Spartacus, dem es gelingt, ein riesiges Rebellenheer aus entlaufenen Sklaven zu formieren. Es stellt sich den Truppen der Römischen Republik entgegen und kämpft verzweifelt für ein Leben in Freiheit. Haupterzähler Dietmar Wunder ist Schauspieler und gehört zu Deutschlands beliebtesten Hörbuchinterpreten.

A sweeping history of the Greeks, from the Bronze Age to today More than two thousand years ago, the Greek city-states, led by Athens and Sparta, laid the foundation for much of modern science, the arts, politics, and law. But the influence of the Greeks did not end with the rise and fall of...

Lucas and Luna dive into the epic, centuries-long rivalry between two city-states that defined the classical Greek world. From the Persian Wars to the Peloponnesian War, this show explores how Sparta's militaristic society and Athens' democratic empire clashed in ideology, politics, and war. Trace key events like the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BCE), the Delian League's transformation into an Athenian empire, and the disastrous Sicilian Expedition. Meet figures such as Leonidas, Pericles, Alcibiades, and Lysander, and examine the helot system, the Athenian navy, and the Long Walls. Understand ...

'Irresistibly fascinating' MARIE CLAIRE GREECE 'Essential' VICTORIA HISLOP 'Brilliantly conceived' PAUL CARTLEDGE An enormous bestseller in Greece, this is a bold, witty retelling of the story of Ancient Greece by a rising star in archaeology Two strangers meet in a trapped elevator. One is an...

The Peloponnesian War broke out in 431 B.C. and continued intermittently for 27 years. It pitted the all-powerful land force of Sparta and its allies against the supremely powerful naval force of Athens. Thucydides actually participated in this conflict, a war that he realized would have a greater influence on the history of Greece than any other. He vividly narrates exciting episodes and carefully describes tactical aspects of the war, and also provides illuminating character profiles.

Continuously inhabited for five millennia, and at one point the most powerful city in Ancient Greece, Thebes has been overshadowed by its better-known rivals, Athens and Sparta. According to myth, the city was founded when Kadmos sowed dragon’s teeth into the ground and warriors sprang forth...

Helen of Troy is one of the most evocative names in ancient history. For nearly three thousand years she has been both the embodiment of absolute female beauty and a reminder of the terrible power that it can wield. Held responsible for both the Trojan War and enduring the enmity between East...

This companion to the massively popular history podcast tackles everything from Alexander the Great to Watergate—with a unique blend of wit, wisdom, and good old-fashioned banter “These two bespectacled, middle-aged bookworms have somehow made history alluring, borderline sexy.” —Times...

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